Ni Luan Tuo is a wild fruit with a unique taste. It has good effects on beauty care and has a rich fiber content, which helps prevent constipation and aids digestion. Eating a moderate amount is beneficial to health. There are relatively few taboos when eating Ni Luan Tuo, as long as it is not overconsumed, most people can eat it moderately.

When we were kids, a few friends and I loved to pick these things in the mountains, they were delicious and fun, truly endless fun. It’s been almost ten years since I last picked them, should I go back and pick some, and relive the joy of childhood! Do you all know this fruit?

The editor says they have never touched it before, it looks like a kiwi fruit, and it looks so delicious. Asking Baidu, it turns out to be called: Ni Luan Tuo.

Ni Luan Tuo is a kind of woody wild fruit from the family Cucurbitaceae, scientifically known as Ampelocerasus delavayi. It is distributed in southern China and the Yangtze River basin. It has many common names such as Ni Luan Tuo, Ni Yao Zi Guo, Ma Teng Bao, Huang La Gua, Huang Gou Shen, Na Gua, Na Zi, Duang Ya Ye Mu Gua, Xiang Mi Guo, Ba Yue Gua, Ba Yue Zha, Ye Ban Nan, Qing Jiao Mi Gua, etc. Due to its fruit resembling the reproductive organ of a cow, it is called ‘Ni Luan Tuo’ in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.

The skin is thick with many seeds, and the seeds are elliptical and black. The fruit skin comes in three colors: yellow, mottled gray, and purple red. The yellow skin fruits resemble mangoes, with yellow flesh inside. The mottled gray and purple red skin fruits resemble sweet potatoes, with mostly white flesh. The flesh is semi-transparent, tender, juicy, and sweet enough to eat.

The flesh is sweet, rich in fragrance, smooth, and tender with a unique taste. It has remarkable effects on beauty care, health preservation, clearing internal waste, and boosting immunity. Long-term consumption can make one’s complexion rosy and radiant, and it can eliminate skin wrinkles and spots.