Longan , Another name for longan . Because the core is black and round, it is called eye. The ancients called it longan or tiger eye according to the size of the core. The small ones were called ghost eyes, and later they were collectively called longan. In the volume of "Lingbiao Luyi" by Liu Xun of the Tang Dynasty: "The longan will be ripe when the lychee branch is over." Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty "Compendium of Materia Medica·Guosan·Longyan": "The longan is perfectly round." "Taiping Yulan " Volume 973 quotes Jin Gu Wei's "Guangzhou Records": "Longan, with seeds like lychees, ripens in July."
Longan core , that is, longan core, was often used as an ancient medicinal material. Like a black eye.
is similar:
longan bodhi , a kind of bodhi . Bodhi is the transliteration of Sanskrit , which means enlightenment and wisdom. Bodhi tree, " Bodhi tree and soapberry fruit, can be used as beads for reciting the Buddha's name", is a Buddhist instrument. Later, Bodhi seeds generally refer to various plant seeds that can be threaded into beads, also referred to as Bodhi seeds. Longan Bodhi is one of the Bodhi seeds. It is oval in shape and has triangular spots. It is also known as longan .
False longan , Another name for soapberry . Because soapberry and longan look very similar, they are called false longan. Because of its yellow color, it is also called yellow-eye sub-.
