In rural areas, palm flowers are the most concerned, but not many people pay attention to their fruits. Palm tree flower is the inflorescence of palm tree, which has male and female flowers and is dioecious. The male inflorescence has two or three branches and the female inflorescence has four or five branches. Female inflorescences and their inflorescences are about twice as large as male flowers. The male flowers are yellow-green, and the female flowers are light green. Soon after palm flower appeared, children in rural areas scrambled to cut off the inflorescences of palm trees to play, usually peeling off the buds and putting them in their mouths to fight with other partners.
Palm trees are very bad after they have fully blossomed. You must cut them off before they appear and scrape them off one by one. If palm trees grow up, you can eat them with cakes. Some palm flower is bitter, others are not, so before cooking, you need to boil it with hot water, then pick it up and soak it in water for a few hours, and then soak it in water for later use. If you cook bone soup, you can make soup directly. Although the taste is a little bitter, there is sweetness in the bitterness, which is refreshing. As a vegetable, palm flower is very popular in some places in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan and other provinces. It is a signature dish and an indispensable snack in Ganzhou, Jiangxi. Some people even took it to Jiangxi to sell. It is also a bright dish in Tengchong, Yunnan. It is said that the local palm flower is not very bitter. Some people have heard that palm flower is bitter if it is not treated, but others like to eat its bitter taste. Like bitter gourd, it is directly fried by palm trees. The most popular way is to fry bacon with some chopped green onion, pickled pepper and pickled ginger.
Palm flower is rich in nutrition, can be used as medicine and edible, and has the effects of clearing away heat, diminishing inflammation and lowering blood pressure. Palm tree flowers are bitter and cool, which can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, but it is said to have contraceptive effect, so pregnant women can't eat them. The truth of the thorn is unknown.