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| Black canarium is a fruit and timber tree. In addition to naturally grown canarium, in recent years, many hybrid canarium trees have been widely propagated by Thanh Chuong people and canarium fruit is bringing high economic efficiency to Thanh Chuong people with thousands of canarium trees. An ancient canarium tree brings people an annual income of 7 - 10 million VND. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| From June to August (lunar calendar) is the black canarium harvest season; people in communes in Thanh Chuong district such as Cat Van, Thanh Nho, Thanh Duc, Hanh Lam... are busy harvesting to supply the market. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| Traders also flock to buy black canarium trees in the garden. Mr. Nguyen Viet Tung in Hamlet 10, Thanh Nho Commune said: Some traders even order whole canarium trees when they have just bloomed. They look at the actual flowers on the tree, estimate the number of kilograms of canarium trees that will bear fruit and order from the owner for about 30,000 - 35,000 VND/kg. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| And according to the experience of the people as well as the traders, the older the canarium tree is, the more fruit it will yield. To pick canarium, people climbing the tree often use ropes and use knives or sickles tied to long sticks to poke the fruit. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| Many terrains for picking canarium are quite complicated, people have to spread tarps or nets to catch the fruit under the roots. The total canarium output of Thanh Chuong district is estimated at over 600 tons/year on average. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| Black canarium fruit has become a famous specialty in Thanh Chuong, gradually becoming familiar to people in many localities when the season comes. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| After harvesting, people will import the canarium fruit to purchasing points or wholesale markets at a price of 55,000 - 58,000 VND/kg depending on the quality. And from here, the canarium fruit will be transported to localities with high consumption demand such as Vinh city, Hanoi, Vietnamese supermarkets... Photo: Lam Tung |
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| These days, canarium fruit appears in most markets in Thanh Chuong district and is retailed at 60,000 - 70,000 VND/kg. Photo: Lam Tung |
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| With a special aromatic flavor, Chinese plum can be processed into many strange and attractive dishes such as black Chinese plum sticky rice, Chinese plum stuffed with meat, Chinese plum chicken soup, Chinese plum salted... Currently, Chinese plum is also processed and packaged in jars to ensure food hygiene and safety.
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Chemical composition, Chinese jujube contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, beta-carotene, oleannolic acid, some minerals: Ca, K, P, Fe, Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu... and vitamin C. Chinese jujube seeds contain fatty acids. According to traditional medicine, Chinese jujube has a sour, sweet, astringent taste, warm properties, enters the lung meridian, has the effect of clearing heat, producing new fluid to quench thirst, detoxifying, benefiting the throat, non-toxic. Used to treat diseases of the throat such as swelling and pain, coughing with phlegm, enteritis, dysentery, diarrhea, thirst. Green fruit has a detoxifying effect.
