Is Asparagus officinalis from the sea? Understanding its growing environment in one article

Asparagus officinalis, scientific name Gracilaria, is a wild delicacy, a perennial vine-like climbing plant. The best quality is bright purple-brown with a slight yellow-green tint, free of impurities and free of mud and sand. So is asparagus from the sea?

Is asparagus from the sea?

Asparagus is from the sea. Asparagus is distributed vertically from the high tide zone to the subtidal zone of the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea, and is now artificially cultivated.

The uses of asparagus

Asparagus was originally the main raw material for the production and processing of agar. Agar, also known as vegetable gelatin, frozen powder, bird's nest essence, and vegetable powder, is listed by the US food and drug regulations as a generally recognized as safe food additive, is an important raw material in the beverage and food industry, and is widely used to make silver ear and bird's nest soup, eight-treasure porridge, juicy orange bits, various beverages, jelly, ice cream, pastries, cold dressed foods and so on.

Asparagus especially in medicine has the functions of warming the stomach, soothing the chest, promoting urination and benefiting the kidneys. Regular consumption of asparagus has effects in treating heart disease, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and fighting cancer.

Every 100 g of fresh asparagus contains 1.4 g of protein, 220 mg of carotene, 0.01 mg of vitamin B1, 0.9 mg of niacin and 2 mg of vitamin C, and is very suitable for the elderly and young children to eat.

Distribution range

It is cultivated in the coastal areas of China and in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, western Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi (central and southern parts) and Gansu (southeastern part). It is also distributed in Japan, Korea and Siberia in the Soviet Union.