Ginkgo nuts ripen in October.

Ginkgo is a large deciduous tree that blooms in April and matures in October, with seeds that are long-stalked, pendulous, and often ellipsoid, long obovate, ovoid, or suborbicular. The outer seed coat is fleshy, covered with white powder, and the outer seed coat is fleshy, yellow or orange-yellow when ripe.

Ginkgo biloba fruit, also known as white fruit, is mainly divided into two kinds of medicinal white fruit and edible white fruit, medicinal white fruit is slightly astringent, edible white fruit taste refreshing. White fruit kernel contains starch, protein, fat, sugar, but also contains vitamin C, riboflavin, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium and other trace elements, as well as ginkgolic acid, bilberry phenol, five-carbon polysaccharides, lipids and steroids and other ingredients, rich in nutrients.

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Eating white fruit notes

While the nutritional value of white fruit is rich, but does not mean that the more you eat, the better, because unprocessed white fruits are containing toxins. According to Dalian Daily, like many nuts, white fruit also contains cyanogenic glycosides and other toxic ingredients, cyanogenic glycosides can be converted into hydrocyanic acid in the body, which is a highly toxic and lethal substances.

Therefore, consuming large quantities of ginkgo nuts at one time can lead to poisoning, and those who consume them raw are especially likely to be poisoned. If a child eats 5-10 raw berries at a time, and an adult eats 10-50 berries, it can lead to poisoning and even death.

Raw white fruit can not be eaten, fried white fruit toxicity is reduced, but still can not eat more. The toxic components of the white fruit is easily soluble in water, after heating the toxicity will be reduced, so before eating can be soaked in water for more than 1 hour, remove the green germ in the flesh, and then heated and cooked, can greatly improve the safety of eating white fruit.

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