What kind of fruit is the raspberry, and how much does it cost per jin on the market?

Raspberry is also called Xuan Gou Zi, Fu Pen, Fu Pen Mei, Shu Mei, Shu Mei, wild berry, Mu Mei, Wu Biao Zi, etc. Its fruit is nearly spherical, and the colors include red, orange-yellow and black. It can be eaten and can also be used as medicine. So, what exactly is the raspberry? What is the price?

I. What is the raspberry?

1. Raspberry is a plant. It is a woody plant of the Rosaceae family and the Rubus genus. The plant is 1-2 m tall, with prickles on the branches, long ovate leaves, white flowers and spherical fruit. It generally sprouts in mid-to-late February, begins flowering in mid-March, sets fruit in late April, and the fruit gradually ripens in late May.

2. Raspberry is a fruit. It is an aggregate fruit formed by the aggregation of numerous drupelets. It is spherical in shape, bluntly rounded at the top and relatively flat at the bottom. When ripe, it is red, orange-yellow or black. The fruit has a fresh, delicate aroma and a sweet-and-sour taste, and enjoys the reputation of the “golden fruit”, but it is relatively rare on the market.

3. Raspberry is a traditional Chinese medicine. The medicinal part is its dried fruit, which is generally collected and processed in early summer when the fruit turns from green to greenish-yellow. It has the effects of tonifying the kidney, securing essence and reducing urination, and nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. It mainly treats spermatorrhea and seminal emission, enuresis and frequent urination, impotence and premature ejaculation, and dimness of vision.

4. Raspberry is a light-loving tree species. It generally grows at an altitude of 500-2000 m on the edges of mixed mountain woodlands, in shrublands or in wild fields. It prefers warmth and humidity and requires well-lit diffused light. It grows luxuriantly on barren slopes or, after slash-and-burn, under tung oil tree and oil tea forests.

5. Raspberry is a fruit with fairly high nutritional value. It is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, magnesium, fiber, etc., and can effectively relieve cardiovascular diseases such as angina. It also contains abundant substances such as salicylic acid and phenolic acids, and can relieve pain and reduce fever, resist blood coagulation and prevent thrombosis.

6. Raspberry is a plant that is widely distributed in China but little known. It is distributed in most parts of China, even in areas such as Xinjiang. Most of these are wild, with only a small amount cultivated in the Northeast region, and its fruit is also relatively rare on the market.

II. What is the price of raspberry?

1. As a medicinal material, according to information provided by the 8u58 Medicinal Materials Network, the price of raspberry (standard, Zhejiang) is 91 yuan/kg, and raspberry (standard, Sichuan) is 50 yuan/kg; according to information provided by the China Medicinal Materials Market Network, the price of raspberry (standard) is between 85-90 yuan/kg.

2. As a fruit, according to information provided by Alibaba, the red raspberry of Luoyang Deze Agriculture and Forestry Technology Development Co., Ltd. is priced at 30 yuan/box, and the Delei black raspberry at 40 yuan/box, each box 125 g; the red raspberry of Shanghai Chanlian Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is priced at 38 yuan/bag, each bag 1000 g.

3. As saplings, according to information provided by Alibaba, the Jinshunyu Horticultural Farm in the Tai'an Development Zone has red raspberry seedlings, yellow raspberry seedlings and black raspberry seedlings, priced between 3.8-7 yuan/plant; according to information provided by the China Landscape Network, the price of raspberry seedlings ranges from 1-6 yuan/plant.

Summary: Raspberry is a woody plant of the Rosaceae family and the Rubus genus. Its fruit is a fruit that can be eaten fresh, with a sweet-and-sour, delicious taste. In addition, its fruit can be used as medicine after being collected, processed and dried in early summer when it turns from green to greenish-yellow, and has the effects of tonifying the kidney, securing essence and reducing urination, and nourishing the liver and improving eyesight.