The heart in the middle of ginseng fruit can be eaten, but it tastes ordinary and has no nutritional value, and few people eat it. People usually remove the heart in the middle of ginseng fruit and eat the pulp.

Ginseng fruit is a perennial herb, belonging to Solanaceae, which is native to the northern foot of the Andes in South America. The height of ginseng fruit plant is about 1 m, with vigorous branches and easy modeling, and each plant can bear 5~20 fruits.

The fruit is oval, the background color is jade white when it is ripe, and it has a slight purple pattern, and it can be hung on the branches for 5~6 months without falling off. It can be used as a bonsai for hanging fruit, with ornamental value, high nutritional value of ginseng fruit, health care function, raw food and cooking.

The pulp is high in protein, low in fat and sugar, and is rich in amino acids, vitamin C, selenium, molybdenum, copper, zinc and iron, which are beneficial to human health. It is a kind of dual-purpose food with comprehensive nutrition, which can supplement the needs of human body and has nutritional and health care value.