Snow Swallows grow from the downy applesauce tree, downy applesauce, and gum applesauce tree.

Snow Bird's Nest is the trade name for the natural gelatinous secretion of the applesauce plant, which is similar in nature to peach gelatine and is mainly produced in tropical and subtropical regions. For example, the Snow Bird's Nest from Myanmar is the secretion from the Sterculia versicolor tree, which is known as the "Lassi Snow Bird's Nest". The snow swiftlet from Vietnam and Indonesia is the secretion of Sterculia villosa, which is known as "Vietnam Snow Bird's Nest, Indonesia Snow Bird's Nest, Yunnan Snow Bird's Nest", and there are a small amount of this plant in Yunnan, China.

The Snow Bird's Nest from India is the secretion of Sterculiaurens, known as Jelly Bird's Nest. There is another kind of Snow Bird's Nest with the scientific name of Gum Tragacanth, which is the secretion of Astragalus (Astragalus), a plant of the legume family Astragalus, and is called Gum Tragacanth in Chinese, as well as Gum Tragacanth and Gum Western Tragacanth.

Categorization of Snow Bird's Nest

Now on the market, in addition to the Burmese Snow Bird's Nest, there is also a kind of Indian Snow Bird's Nest, although they are all extracted from the appendicitis tree, but the Burmese Snow Bird's Nest is the pith secretion and the Indian Snow Bird's Nest is the gum, and most of the Indian Lassi Snow Bird's Nest is imported from Burma.

Burmese Snow Bird's Nest: Snow Bird's Nest was originally found in Burma, and is a secretion of the pith of the Appaloosa tree. In order to distinguish it from Indian snow swallow, it is called Myanmar snow swallow or Myanmar lassi snow swallow. It mainly grows in Myanmar and Yunnan, China, with a small amount of distribution in Vietnam. In addition to the wild, there are artificial cultivation of snow swallow trees in Myanmar and Yunnan, and its nutritional composition and efficacy remain the same as that of wild snow swallow.

Indian Snow Bird's Nest: In India, there is a history of consuming Snow Bird's Nest. Indian Snow Bird's Nest is known as Karaya Gum in India, which is called Cara Jelly or Cara Gum in China, and it is the gum of the Sterculiaceae applesauce tree, which is similar to Snow Bird's Nest. Because it is produced in India, after soaking, it is similar to Snow Bird's Nest, so it is called Indian Snow Bird's Nest, which has nothing to do with Snow Swallow.