The old fruit that fell full of roots no one wanted to pick, now “born” into an expensive and rare specialty, 300,000 VND/kg

04/06/2022 11:36 GMT+7

In recent years, on the market, there has appeared a type of lemon with an extremely strange shape, much larger in size than a regular lemon, which is Yen lemon.

This type of lemon appears around August and September with prices from 50,000-100,000 VND/kg. Ms. Tran Huong (in the Central Highlands) said that Yen lemon used to be a wild fruit in the forest, when no one picked it, it was still full of roots. Recently, the market demand has increased, so people picked it up to sell.

Lemongrass grows wild in the forest, formerly the ripe fruit fell to the root

“This fruit is quite rare, if you want to order a large quantity, it will take a few days to have the goods. I collect from relatives and then sell to wholesalers everywhere. Each season can sell a few kilos of yen lemons,” Huong said.

It is known that on the market there are 2 types of citronella, one is harvested in the wild, and the other is grown by people. The lemons harvested in the forest will be smaller, the pulp is very bitter, the outer skin is rough and ugly. As for the fruit from the tree of the growers, the pulp will be sweeter and the fruit will be larger, only 5-6 fruits will be 1 kg. Their prices are the same, but buying wild lemons is not easy.

Lemongrass grows wild in the forest, formerly the ripe fruit fell to the root

Also a seller of Yen lemons on the online market, Mr. Tuan Nguyen (in Lang Son) said that the first citronella grows wild in the forest, but few people pay attention to it, only people go to the forest to pick it up to make essential oils or medicine. cough treatment. Now, many people buy forest lemongrass, but the quantity is very small.

“Forest lemon is very rare, in the season when I buy many sources from indigenous people in the highlands, I can only import a limited quantity, twice a week, the goods come in, each time I get a few dozen pounds. I don’t have lemon. Women like wild lemon because the amount of essential oil in the lemon is more, the lemon is more fragrant, and the medicinal uses of this lemon are also more prominent than that of the regular lemon”, Mr. Tuan shared.

Lemongrass grows wild in the forest, formerly the ripe fruit fell to the root

According to research, wild lemongrass is used to make cough syrup, soak with honey to treat sore throat, press essential oils for hair and skin, and wild lemon has high antibacterial properties to treat acne. Drinking lemon juice has detoxifying and liver filtering properties. Cakes, ice cream, cocktails, etc., using pure lemon essential oil or lemon jam to prepare and process, will have a really special taste.

Recently, on the market, there is also a giant Yen lemon to display Tet. Mr. Bui Van Sang, owner of Muoi Loi flower garden in Ward 4, Da Lat City, Lam Dong, said that the giant Yen lemon weighs 2kg/fruit and is sold on the market for 300,000 VND.

According to Mr. Sang, on average, each mature lemon tree produces 20 or more fruits per crop. Because the tree trunk is small and weak, only about 2 m high, but it gives a lot of fruit and the fruit is too big. In the past, Mr. Sang’s garden had a giant saddle lemon weighing up to 5 kg, so the owner had to use trees to support it. branches do not break.

Passion fruit, also known as citronella, belongs to the citrus family with the scientific name of Citron and is grown in many parts of the world. In Vietnam, Yen lemon is grown the most, especially in Lang Son, Lao Cai, Lam Dong, and Central Highlands provinces.

With many uses, Yen lemon is widely grown in all parts of the country, so almost everyone knows about this fruit. However, forest citronella, on the contrary, very few people know because forest citronella grows only in the high mountains in remote villages and almost only people in the village know it.

According to Women and the Law