What does bergamot look like?

Male flowers 10~30 peanuts grow 8~30 cm long on the total pedicel to form a raceme, the inflorescence axis is slightly stout and hairless, and the pedicel length is1~ 6 mm; Calyx tube is short, lobes spreading, nearly hairless, 5~7 mm long and 1~ 1.5 mm wide; Corolla radial,12 ~17mm wide, totally divided at base, lobes ovate-lanceolate, 5-veined; Stamens 3, filaments connate, anthers separate, anthers inflexed.

The female flower is solitary, and the pedicel length is 1~ 1.5 cm; Corolla and calyx are male flowers; Ovary obovate, with 5 edges, sparse hairs, 1 cell, 1 pendulous ovule, style 2 ~ 3 mm long, stigma 2 mm wide.

The fruit is light green, obovate, with sparse bristles, 8~ 12 cm in length and 6~8 cm in diameter, with 5 longitudinal grooves on the upper part and seeds 1 grain. The seeds are large, long 10 cm, wide 7 cm, oval and oblate. The flowering period is July-September, and the fruiting period is 8-65438+1October.

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There are many ways for bergamot to eat. Fresh wax gourd can be sliced and shredded, fried with meat, fried with vegetables, cold salad, soup, hot pot and high-quality dumpling stuffing. It can also be processed into pickled products or canned food.

In foreign countries, bergamot eats by steaming, roasting, frying and frying. Besides fruit, roots can also be eaten, which is similar to potatoes in practice and taste. Young leaves and shoots can also be eaten as vegetables.

When eating bergamot, it is best to choose young fruit, with shiny shoulders, shallow skin surface, bright green skin, fresh and tender without induration. The market period of bergamot is late autumn, which is very resistant to storage. At room temperature, it can be stored from 10 to March-April of the following year, and the flavor is basically unchanged.