When it comes to abutilon, there is always an inexplicable affection in my heart. Even if it grows in the crops, I can't make myself hate it.
When I was a child, Abutilon was one of the best toys for rural friends. In that simple and monotonous time, Abutilon left too many happy memories for people.
The flowers of Abutilon are bright yellow and very beautiful. When they are in bud, they will have some sticky secretions when they are pulled off and their pedicels are removed. When they are touched on the earlobe, a beautiful earlobe will appear. Not only girls like it, but boys also have fun.
In fact, boys love the fruit of the abutilon. Those fruits, big or small, have become veritable toys for their partners. They can throw bullets at each other, make chess pieces, make bets, and of course, they can also be eaten. They can break those fresh and tender abutilon fruits to reveal white and tender seeds and throw them into their mouths. Some of them are sweet and delicious, but they are old and delicious.
When I was a child, most of the plants were taller than today. Adults prefer to collect the grown plants, bind them into bundles, soak them in a pond, and then take them out at a certain time. After washing and drying, they can be made into strong hemp ropes.
However, these rural people are not rare now, and abutilon is also rare. Rural children don't play with abutilon flowers or fruits, and adults no longer use abutilon to make hemp ropes.
However, the medicinal functions of abutilon have gradually emerged. For example, abutilon leaves can stop bleeding, detoxify and dispel wind, and have a good effect on sores, dysentery, tinnitus, deafness and joint pain. Abutilon seeds have the functions of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and detoxifying, and can treat eye diseases, dysentery and swelling and pain caused by excessive internal heat.
In the countryside, when you see abutilon again, will you stop in a hurry to see it?