I used to eat it when I was a child. It was sweet and astringent.
Generally, the edible part of plants is nothing more than the seeds of roots, leaves, flowers and fruits, while the edible part of Hovenia dulcis Thunb is the fruit handle, but the fruit is inedible. When the fruit stalk (inflorescence axis) matures, it is yellow-brown or brown, purple-red, and its expansion is fleshy, twisted and irregular, with branches, and looks like chicken feet. Therefore, it is famous for chicken feet, dates, swastikas, chicken feet, chicken feet pears, orange buttons and chicken feet. Trees, golden hooks, sweet midnight, etc. Its taste is sweet and slightly astringent. After frosting, the astringency is gone, and its taste is especially sweet. Hovenia dulcis Thunb. is sweet, born on tall trees, and it is not easy to pick. ? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------