Where is wampee fruit grown? An introduction to the main production regions
Wampee fruit is highly nutritious and can also be used as medicine; it has the effects of clearing heat and releasing the exterior, resolving phlegm and regulating qi, and comes in both sour and sweet flavors. So where are the production regions of wampee fruit?
1. Wampee fruit production regions
The production regions of wampee fruit are mainly in southern areas such as Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, China, Hainan, southern Guizhou, Yunnan, and the Jinsha River valley in Sichuan. The planting area is especially large in provinces such as Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian, and it is one of the famous “Lingnan fine fruits”.
2. What wampee fruit is
Wampee fruit is a plant of the genus Clausena in the family Rutaceae. It prefers a warm and humid climate and is suitable for planting in the warm south.
Its flesh is semi-transparent, juicy and pulpy, contains a high amount of vitamins, and looks like longan. A single small branch can bear a large cluster of fruit.
Wampee fruit has many varieties. Some are sour, some are sweet, and there are also early-maturing and late-maturing types. The round-grained type is juicy and sweet, the oval-grained type is sweet with a hint of sourness, and the chicken-heart wampee fruit has smaller fruit and a sweet taste.
3. The nutrition of wampee fruit
Wampee fruit is rich in vitamin C, sugar, organic acids, and pectin. It has the effects of promoting digestion and resolving phlegm and regulating qi, and is used for indigestion, fullness and pain in the chest and diaphragm, and phlegm-fluid cough and asthma, and it can also relieve constrained heat and regulate hernia pain. Its leaves are pungent and cool in nature and have the effects of dispelling wind and releasing the exterior, removing phlegm, and promoting qi flow. They are used to prevent and treat influenza, warm-disease body heat, cough and asthma, water swelling and abdominal pain, malaria, difficult urination, and heat-toxin scabies and favus. Its roots can treat qi pain and hernia pain. Wampee fruit is a neutral medicinal fruit.
Although wampee fruit is delicious, it should not be eaten in large amounts, lest it cause internal heat.