When is the latest ripening time for wild sweet potato?

Wild sweet potato is a multi-purpose plant that combines edible, medicinal, landscaping and ornamental uses. Also known as sweet potato bubble, ground fruit, ground loquat, etc., it is a creeping woody vine of the Moraceae family, Ficus genus, distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. It is edible, has very high nutritional value, and its nutritional components are also very complete. Now let us take a look at when wild sweet potato ripens!

When does wild sweet potato ripen?

Wild sweet potato is in its fruit ripening period after the Dragon Boat Festival (June to October). After wild sweet potato ripens, even from more than 20 meters away, a rich fragrance can be smelled, mellow and pleasant, so it is also called everywhere fragrant. From proverbs such as “On the sixth day of the sixth month, sweet potato ripens; at mid-seventh month, sweet potato rots” and “On the fifth day of the fifth month, sweet potato boils. On the sixth day of the sixth month, sweet potato ripens. On the seventh day of the seventh month, sweet potato is dense. On the eighth day of the eighth month, sweet potato is big. On the ninth day of the ninth month, sweet potato is gone”, the ripening time of wild sweet potato can also be seen.

How much does wild sweet potato cost per jin?

The market price of wild sweet potato is about 25 to 35 yuan per jin. Wild sweet potato grows mostly wild in rural areas, and many people born in the 1970s and 1980s have childhood memories of going up the hills to dig wild sweet potato. As wild sweet potato becomes less and less common, things are precious when they are rare, and it can also be bought in the market, but prices vary from place to place. Generally, the price of wild sweet potato is about 25 to 35 yuan per jin, and on some shopping websites the selling price can reach about 35 yuan per jin.

What benefits are there from eating wild sweet potato?

Wild sweet potato is rich in trace elements and also contains dietary fiber essential for human health. Dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis and helps improve the symptoms of patients with indigestion and chronic constipation, making it especially suitable for the elderly, pregnant women, and long-term bedridden people. In particular, the composition of amino acid types in its protein is relatively reasonable, indicating that its protein nutritional value is relatively high. Among them, the content of 3 kinds of anti-fatigue branched-chain amino acids accounts for 29.08% of total amino acids, and it has a very good health-care effect on the human body.