It turns out that these fruits and nuts we often eat grow like this!

In our daily lives, we eat a lot of fruits and nuts. We may know how grapes grow, and what pear trees look like, but you may not imagine how almonds, cashews, and blueberries grow. Let's take a look at how they grow!

Let’s look at the fruit first. This beautiful sea of ​​red is what cranberries look like when they are harvested.

From the end of October to the beginning of November every year is the cranberry harvest season. Cranberries are a magical fruit that grows in the wetlands of North America. Because they grow close to the soil, they are not easy to pick, so clever farmers take advantage of the property of cranberries that they will float when they come into contact with water. They fill the farmland with water to make the cranberries float, thus forming the beautiful Red Sea that we see. Isn’t it magical?

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What is this? Do you recognize it? From a distance, it looks a bit like hawthorn, but the color is a little different. What is this? This fruit is actually blueberry. Blueberries are blue in appearance, look very beautiful, and taste very good. They are loved by everyone. Blueberries belong to the Ericaceae family. Unlike strawberries, blueberries do not grow along the ground. They grow on trees, just like grapes and hawthorns, hanging in bunches on the trees. They look very beautiful!

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As a fruit from the southern tropical region, papaya requires strong photosynthesis to grow. In fact, it is named papaya because it grows directly from the wood, and the papayas bear fruit at the top of the tree, which looks like an umbrella, densely packed and spectacular!

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Look at this strange-looking thing hanging on the tree. Can you recognize it at a glance? Yes, it is durian. Durian is a purely tropical crop. It needs a high temperature climate all year round to grow and bear fruit. Durian is as big as a football, with a rough and uneven skin. It is surprising that many small branches can bear such weight.

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After looking at fruits, let’s look at nuts~

Does this little tail look familiar? It is the cashew nut. You can't imagine it, right? Cashew nut is one of the four famous dried fruits in the world. It actually grows on trees. The fruit of the cashew tree is divided into two parts, the nut and the pear, also known as the true fruit and the false fruit. The kernel inside the true fruit is actually the cashew nut we often eat, which grows on the top of the false fruit. The kernel usually has a hard shell outside. The kernel is blue-gray in color. Because it looks like a chicken kidney, it is also called chicken cashew nut.

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The false fruit is a fleshy fruit formed by the receptacle, which looks a bit like a pear, and is oval or flat, so it is called a fruit pear. This fruit is bright red or orange-yellow in color when ripe, and has a high water content. It is one of the fruits that cools down the summer heat in tropical areas.

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Look here, this is almond, a popular nut grown all over the world, a nutrient-dense and healthy snack.

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Many people confuse almonds with almonds, but in fact, almonds and almonds are two different nuts. Almonds are the kernel of almonds, and almonds are the kernel of apricots. Almonds and apricots are botanically different plants.

Badan is the name of Xinjiang Uygur language. my country's Badan is mainly in Xinjiang. It was introduced from ancient Persia, now Iran, and has been planted in Xinjiang for more than 1,000 years. It is recorded in the Tang Dynasty: Piantao comes from Persia, and Persia calls it Podan tree. It is five or six feet long, four or five feet around, with leaves like peaches but larger, and blooms in March, white. The flowers fall and bear fruit, which is shaped like peaches, but the shape is biased, so it is called Piantao. Its meat is astringent and cannot be eaten, and the kernel in the core is sweet. It is treasured by all the countries in the Western Regions. Yes, you are not mistaken, Badan does grow on trees. Look, this is its growth environment, haha, you can't imagine it, this is Badan, it is wrapped with a layer of flesh on the outside, and the peel will explode when it is ripe, and the kernel inside is the dried fruit Badan.

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What is this? It is covered with thorns. Can you eat it? You read it right. This is the chestnut we often eat. Chestnut is known as the "king of dried fruits". It is unimaginable that chestnuts are wrapped in a layer of thorns. In fact, chestnuts are a small thorn ball during the growth period. They are all thorns and round. They look very interesting, but they are basically untouchable. Otherwise, your hands will be full of various small thorns. Moreover, when the chestnuts are ripe, if they are not picked in time, they will open their mouths like pomegranates and leak out the plump fruits inside. Don't say it, such chestnuts are really unrecognizable and give people a cute feeling.

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Written by: Lao Ke Kai Brain Hole

Produced by: Science Popularization China-Creation Cultivation Program