How much is pingpo fruit per jin, and what is its nutritional value?

Pingpo fruit is the eye of the phoenix fruit, the seed of the plant pingpo of the Sterculiaceae family. It can also be eaten as a fruit, and when roasted it tastes like chestnuts. South of Guangdong, this fruit is often used for sacrificial offerings, but because pingpo has a low annual yield and the sacrificial custom has faded, there are rarely orchards planted on a large scale, only scattered plantings. So how much is this fruit per jin? What is its nutritional value?

1. How much is pingpo fruit per jin

Pingpo fruit is not commonly seen on the market. Generally speaking, this fruit is used as medicine, and it has the effects of harmonizing the stomach and aiding digestion, as well as detoxifying and killing parasites. It has good efficacy in treating counterflow vomiting of food, abdominal pain from parasitic accumulation, and infantile head sores and ulcers. Every year from July to August is the harvest period for pingpo. After the fresh seeds are picked and shelled, they are sun-dried and become a commodity; no special processing is needed. On the market it is generally around 20 yuan per jin. Prices vary by region, but the areas where it is sold are mainly the pingpo tree growing areas in Guangdong.

There are many ways to eat pingpo fruit: steaming, boiling, stir-frying, and braising are all fine. If the pingpo fruit is cooked in water, peel off the black outer seed coat, then peel off the light brown semi-transparent middle seed coat, and eat the pale or milky white kernel. Pingpo fruit is also often used in Guangdong for cooking famous dishes, such as eye of the phoenix fruit braised chicken and eye of the phoenix fruit braised pork. Note that pingpo fruit is a cold-natured food, so friends with a weak and cold constitution had best not eat too much pingpo fruit.

2. The nutritional value of pingpo fruit

Pingpo contains a large amount of vitamin A, which helps improve eyesight and enhance one's own immunity. Pingpo contains a variety of minerals, and these substances can be directly absorbed and used by the human brain and central nervous system, can increase brain cell activity, and will noticeably improve people's memory. In addition, people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea should not take pingpo, as it may cause diarrhea. Women should also not eat pingpo during pregnancy, because pingpo has the effects of expelling toxins and resolving blood stasis, and pregnant women who eat it may miscarry.

The above is some knowledge about pingpo fruit. When buying pingpo fruit, the best pingpo is plump and bright in color; first, it tastes good, and second, its nutritional value is also much better than that of shriveled ones.