What I want to introduce to you today is a wild fruit called black rice in the rural mountains. When ripe in autumn, the fruit is black and tastes sweet. Wufanzi is also known as nanzhu. In some places, it is also called sand lotus seed, wufanye, wutongzi, rice tree, wufanguo. It is the fruit of wufan tree. The reason why it looks very similar to blueberries is that it belongs to the same family and genus as blueberries. It is ripe in autumn and has a sweet taste. It is one of the wild fruits that I loved when I was a child.
Wufanzi is mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Taiwan and other places. It turns purple-black when mature, and is usually pubescent and sparsely hairy on the outside. The flowering period is generally June to July, and the fruiting period is generally August to October. In rural areas, the black rice tree is a small evergreen shrub with many branches and dense black leaves, like countless phoenix eyes. The black rice seeds are not bitter, and the green ones are slightly sour. So, in our childhood, we, who were greedy, often went to the mountains in the countryside to pick and eat them.
It usually takes until late autumn and early winter for the black rice seeds to be fully cooked. Especially after being beaten with frost, the black rice seeds are as black and round as big as peas, which is very attractive. At this time, the black rice zi is juicy, plump and has a sweet taste. According to traditional Chinese medicine, black rice seeds are sweet, sour and warm in nature. Soothe the nerves; relieve cough. Indications: palpitations, restless nights, and chronic cough. I remember when I was a child, there were many black rice trees on the mountain in my hometown in the countryside. The trees were tall and lush, and the seeds they produced were large and sweet. In that era when there was a shortage of snacks, the women in the village carried bamboo baskets and often went together to pick black rice seeds in the morning after the frost in autumn.
Freshly picked black rice seeds can be used directly as fruit. Just wash them before eating. A happy childhood life allows us to breathe more of the fresh air of nature and taste more of the natural game given by nature. When we were young, our lives were poor yet wild. When we grow up, those sour, sweet, bitter and astringent flavors can really bring back memories on our tongues. When ripe in autumn, this wild fruit in the rural mountains becomes black and round, as big as peas, and tastes sweet. If you eat too much, your tongue and teeth will turn black. Friends, have you ever eaten the wild fruit called black rice seed?
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