What is the use of tea peaches on rural tea trees, and can they be eaten?

What is the use of tea peaches on rural tea trees, and can they be eaten? Camellia oleifera trees can indeed bear some peach-like fruits, also called tea bubbles, just like the transformation of animal tumor substances, which only occurs before and after the Qingming Festival, and also requires abundant rain and sufficient light and other environmental requirements, these tea peaches will appear. Tea peaches are like buns, hollow inside, some of the flesh is particularly thick, and the taste is also excellent.

Tea peaches are indeed very similar to green peaches, only after it molts, the color becomes whitish, and there are occasional pink, this is the best time to harvest, ripe tea peaches taste crisp, sweet and delicious, and the juice is abundant, it is a very delicious fruit-like ingredients, tea peaches can be eaten for a very short time, too tender and too old can not be eaten, it is very important to master the picking time. Tea peach only appears on the oil-producing tea oil tree that we are familiar with, in addition to tea peach, Camellia oleifera also produces a delicacy, called tea ear, does the tea tree have long ears, it is indeed the leaf of the tea tree due to lesions, it will grow a large and thick ear-like substance, the tea ear is easy to distinguish and find, the taste is refreshing and delicious, and it is more than the tea peach. Although these two kinds of delicious taste can be eaten raw and delicious by many people, tea farmers believe that these are diseases after all, and it is very unfavorable for the growth of tea trees if they occur too much, but there are also shrewd businessmen who see business opportunities and specialize in planting these tea trees that are easy to produce tea peaches and tea ears, and pick **, becoming a way to get rich.

The tea peach and tea ear on top are a natural delicacy that can be eaten! ‍‍

Tea peach is estimated to be no stranger to some people in rural areas where tea trees are planted. The tea peach is actually a peach-shaped fruit that mutates into a peach-shaped fruit in the process of the annual flowering of the Camellia oleifera tree, which is white in appearance and hangs on the Camellia oleifera tree like a steamed bun. In April and May of spring, Camellia oleifera trees bloom everywhere, and at this time, some Camellia oleifera trees will bear white tea peaches.

I remember that every year during the Qingming Festival, we go to the mountains to sweep the tombs, and sometimes we pass by the camellia field, and we will look for this kind of tea peach to eat. For tea peaches, it can actually be eaten, there is no harm to the human body, and it tastes fragrant, crisp, sweet and delicious. In addition to tea peaches, there will be "tea ears" on the camellia tree, from a scientific point of view, tea peaches and tea ears are the manifestations of Camellia oleifera infection with tea bud disease, it is a fungal disease of Camellia oleifera, which is called basidiomycetes.

At present, it is only found to occur on Camellia oleifera plants, and it is a thing that is formed by the swelling of young leaves caused by this fungal infection. Experts say that although this tea ear and tea peach are caused by a plant lesion, they are not contagious to humans. When we were young, we went to the mountains to find it to eat, because it was crisp and sweet, and the taste was a bit like lotus mist, which was very delicious.

And as for whether it can be eaten, experts say that it is better to eat less. In the past, the tea oil tree basically did not use pesticides and fertilizers, but now it is different, for safety, it is recommended not to eat it. ‍‍

The fruit on the tea tree is called tea fruit, tea seeds, also called tea buds, it is long in summer, can be squeezed oil, the nutritional value is super high, and the nutritional value of olive oil that we are familiar with is about the same, the effect is many, it has a good preventive effect on some geriatric diseases, such as lowering blood pressure and lowering blood lipids, if the purity of tea oil exceeds 30%, then it can not only be edible, but also used for medicine, soap, candles, as a tea tree, we can first think of it contains tea polyphenols, not only that, He also has a high vitamin E, fortunately there is a certain amount of carotenoids, in ancient times, only the palace can have tea fruit, with incredible, tea fruit is edible, he does not have too much water to eat the taste is very good, the sweetness ripples in the mouth, it is a small snack that many people are difficult to buy with money, but the tea fruit is not easy to preserve, if there are dark spots, it is not easy to eat. ‍‍

In fact, tea peach is a fruit-like thing formed by the swelling of the plant caused by the infection of the Camellia oleifera plant. It is not the real fruit of the Camellia oleifera tree, the Camellia oleifera tree bears Camellia oleifera seeds, and the tea peach is just the result of disease. At present, there is no research on the efficacy and role of tea peach, but some experts believe that this is the product of lesion formation and should not be eaten more.

But tea peach has always been a relief object for people in the Dabie Mountain area during famine, and it is a sacred existence in people's hearts.

The knot on the tea tree"Tea peach"In our hometown, everyone called it"Papaya", and one more"Tea fungus", shaped like a thick leaf of a water scoop, everyone calls it"Wooden scoop"These two things were our favorite when we were kids. The papaya on the tea tree, the wooden scoop generally grows around the Qingming Festival, when I was a child, I often herded cattle in the mountains, I found that the tree that likes the long papaya scoop is generally the tree that bears the most flowers and tea seeds that year, so we usually go up the mountain to pick papaya, when the wooden scoop, try to go to the place where the camellia blooms the most. Papaya wood scoop taste sweet and astringent, usually we pick it back with water wash clean raw food, sometimes also with salt water after pickling, it is dried and eaten, in the past in our countryside, listen to the old people said, papaya can be used in medicine, with papaya boiled water to drink, can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but also ** rheumatism and bone pain. ‍‍

One thing I can tell you is that the fruit on the tea tree is not only edible, but also delicious! The fruit on the tea tree is commonly known as tea chips. It is a fruit that grows on the tea tree, and there is also a round fruit called tea brew.

This is not for making tea and drinking, but for squeezing oil! The tea pieces are grown on the tea trees, and only when the new sprouts in the spring, the tea pieces begin to ripen with the change of weather, and they can be eaten during the Qingming Festival. Of course, tea slices are only one of the tea tree fruits, tea slices and tea bubbles have different tastes, tea slices and tea bubbles will withdraw a layer of skin after maturity, so that tea slices and tea bubbles are the sweetest.

When I was a child, I often went to pick tea chips and tea brews, and now in retrospect, this is also a rare delicacy, a childhood delicacy that money can't buy. ‍‍

When the tea peach is not ripe, its skin is green or some are dark red, and its skin will fall off after ripening, and some people think that the taste is sweet, because the taste will be somewhat different when growing on different trees. Regarding whether tea peaches can be eaten, some people say yes, but some people say no, some people who live in the mountains think that they can be eaten, the taste is very sweet, and some are like lotus mist. However, some experts believe that the formation of tea peaches is due to a plant lesion, and some tea peaches are picked after the use of pesticides, so the use will be somewhat dangerous, and in general, the use needs to be cautious.

Camellia oleifera will have tea seeds after maturity, which can be refined, this oil is a unique edible oil in China, and Camellia oleifera seed oil is rich in oleic acid and linoleic acid and other unsaturated fatty acids, its content can even be compared with olive oil, so it also has the name of "Oriental olive oil". ‍‍

Yes, I ate it when I was a child, and we called it camellia peach. It was delicious. When we were children, our standard of living was relatively low. There were no snacks to eat at all. I went to pick the camellia peaches and ate them, and there were only a few of them on a tree. ‍‍

Tea buds, tea ears. A fungus parasitism is formed in the natural ecology. The tea buds are like peaches, and the tea ears are made from the thick and larger young leaves of the Camellia oleifera tree.

The taste is fragrant, slightly sweet, and edible. It matures with altitude from April to May every year. In the south of the Yangtze River Basin, it can be found in all areas where Camellia oleifera grows.

Because most of them are wild, there are no pesticides left. ‍‍

It doesn't feel delicious, but you can squeeze tea oil, but the procedure is very troublesome. The tea peaches have to be dried, then made into cakes, and boiled in a pot before the tea oil can be collected.

It can be eaten as a fresh fruit, Chinese camellia looks at Hunan, Hunan camellia looks at Leiyang (Hengyang), and it is recommended to be a camellia oil brand such as Nature, Shenlongguo, and Dasanxiang.