Where is the latest production area of miracle fruit?
Miracle fruit is a typical tropical evergreen shrub. Its flesh is sour and astringent, but it contains miraculin. Within half an hour after eating miracle fruit, if you then eat other acidic fruits, you will feel that these sour fruits are no longer sour but become sweet. Hence the name miracle fruit, a nationally treasured rare plant. Now let us take a look at where miracle fruit's production areas are!
Where are miracle fruit's production areas?
Miracle fruit is native to West Africa, Ghana, and the Congo region. In the 1960s, when Premier Zhou Enlai visited West Africa, the Republic of Ghana gave miracle fruit as a national gift to Premier Zhou. After that, it began to be cultivated in our country, with main production areas in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, and other places. However, whether in West African countries or our country, it is protected and prohibited from export.
The production environment of miracle fruit
Miracle fruit likes high-temperature and humid environments. The suitable growth temperature is 20-30°C. For field planting, use acidic sandy soil with good drainage, rich organic matter, and a PH value of 4.5-5.8. It is suitable for close planting, with a planting distance of 1.5-3 m. It is advisable to choose low-lying land or gently sloping land with good drainage and relatively high organic matter content for planting. It requires relatively high temperature and humidity conditions and is suitable for growth in humid tropical and subtropical areas at altitude, but it still has a certain tolerance to drought and cold. When the lowest winter temperature is 3-5°C, it will cause cold damage to young branches and leaves, but it will not be fatal. At 8-10°C it can overwinter safely.
The cultivation value of miracle fruit
1. Edible value: The flesh of miracle fruit is rich in peculiar glycoproteins, vitamin C, KI, citric acid, succinic acid, oxalic acid, etc. The seeds contain natural sterols, etc., and the leaves contain trace mineral elements such as sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. Ripe fruit can be eaten raw, made into juice, made into concentrated lozenges, or made into sugar-free lemon popsicles with juice combinations. The seeds can be eaten raw and made into concentrated lozenges. The leaves are a purely natural plant monosodium glutamate.
2. Medicinal value: Because the fruit contains special glycoproteins, miracle fruit can convert highly acidic fruits into sweetness like fine wine and jade dew. Regularly eating ripe fruit or concentrated lozenges has the effect of regulating high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, gout, uric acid, headache, etc., and achieving a stabilizing effect at normal values. Applying the juice to mosquito and insect bites can reduce inflammation and swelling. The seeds can relieve angina, sore throat, hemorrhoids, etc. The leaves, when brewed as tea or used in cooking, can regulate high blood sugar and high blood pressure, protect the heart, beautify and slim the body, detoxify and promote bowel movements, control uric acid, reduce gout pain symptoms, and can also sober a person up.