If you have the opportunity to return to Quang Ninh, try to enjoy a unique specialty that sounds a bit “scary” – this is blood. It is a tree that often grows wild in the forest in the “mining land”, which has long been used by the people here as a strange fruit. However, previously they did not know what the original name of this plant was. The inside of this fruit is bright red and thick like blood, so the people here call it the fruit of blood.
Blood fruit is Quang Ninh .’s specialty
The inside of this fruit is bright red and thick like blood, so people here call it the fruit of blood
As explained by Mr. Huynh Tan Hung (39 years, Quang Ninh), the vines have small leaves about 10-15 cm long, with bright veins. The leaves are evergreen, the tree flowers and bears fruit from February to June every year and begins to ripen from late June to early July.
“In the past the tree grew wild in the forest, when the fruit was ripe, it fell completely, now many people take it home to plant it, get good seed, so it always produces good fruit, gives very good yields. . On average, 3-5 years after planting, the tree bears fruit. Blood fruit grows in groups, oval in shape towards the stem. When the cluster of blood fruits is small and green, it looks like a bunch of green grapes. When ripe, the fruit bunches gradually change from green to pink-pink, looking like a bunch of berries, and when fully ripe, they turn bright red like blood, and when fully ripe, they turn purple-black…” , Master said Hung.
Handing us a handful of small red fruit with fingertips fresh freshly picked from the tree, Mr. Hung simply instructed: “To eat the blood fruit, you must use your hands to squeeze, squeeze, rub to soften, turn purple black. After being squeezed, The fruit will secrete a red liquid like blood to eat.
In order to eat the blood fruit, you have to use your hands to squeeze, squeeze, rub until it’s soft, turning into blackish purple
When eaten, the fruit has a mild sweet and sour taste, but is very different from the taste of ripe mulberry or crocodile fruit, or frog fruit when ripe. That’s why children like to eat this fruit, it is also suitable for pregnant women because of its mild sour taste, no matter how much you eat it, it’s still not enough. In particular, according to local people, pregnant or lactating women who eat this blood tonic blood, and their skin becomes reddish.
Apart from being eaten raw, the blood fruit is also used to soak in alcohol to improve health. Before soaking, use a small knife to cut a small amount of blood from the belly button in the form of a multiplication sign and then put it in a jar. After 3 months of soaking, the blood fruit gives off a very distinctive and sweet aroma, making it easy to drink. In particular, this wine color looks very attractive, a soft red that makes men “almost rub”. According to local people, drinking blood soaked wine is very good for health if taken in moderation and regularly, helps increase physical strength, blood tonic…
Close-up view of the inside of a red fruit.
No longer a “special” Quang Ninh fruit, blood fruit is now favored by many people in big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City… Due to the small quantity, this fruit is popular again, so that in season, the sale price of the fruit is cheap, His blood pressure is quite high, from 120,000-150,000 VND/kg.
Minh Vy (45 years, Hanoi) whose family in Quang Ninh spilled blood in Hanoi said: “The item is rare, so many people who are looking for blood fruit to buy will find it difficult to find it. In fact, I often sell in online markets, apartment markets, after receiving orders from a customer, I must apologize for not having enough goods.On average, each batch of goods I import is around 20kg which is only enough to be delivered to the customer who pre-ordered.
Blood fruit tree vines, often climb on jackfruit trees
Explaining the reason for the scarcity of goods, Ms. Minh Vy said that in recent years, this fruit is popular because of the “fever” utilizing natural medicinal plants in the forest. However, the number of blood fruit trees that grow naturally in the forest is getting scarcer, and the planted blood fruit trees are also widely exploited by humans. Many families also brought blood plants to plant in the garden, but there were not many.
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