Why is pomelo called Wen Dan? Is Wen Dan a cold food?

Pomelo pulp is rich in vitamin C and insulin-like ingredients, so it has the benefits of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, losing weight, and beautifying the skin. Today, pomelo is well-known for its "tender flesh, sweet and delicious, and suitable for both medicinal and dietary use". It is sold far and wide at home and abroad and is very popular. Curious babies must want to ask, why is pomelo called pomelo?

Contents of this article

1. Why is grapefruit called pomelo?

2. Is pomelo a cold food?

3. Is Shatian Pomelo a pomelo?

Why is grapefruit called pomelo?

There are many theories about the origin of the name of Wen Dan.

Story 1:

Speaking of the origin of the name of Wen Dan Pomelo, the "wen" in the name means literati, and "dan" means the female role of the Puxian Opera Troupe. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Dengqing, a scholar from Tanbian Village in the town, introduced pomelo from Jinhua, Zhejiang. The pomelo he produced was large but less juicy and had residue. He learned that Wu Jiemu, a famous female actor in the Puxian Opera in the same village, had a pomelo tree at home. The fruit was small but juicy, seedless and residue-free. So he asked the fruit craftsman to cut the pomelo spikes from the pomelo tree planted by Wu Jiemu and graft them onto his own pomelo tree. After careful cultivation, the newly grafted pomelo tree bore fruit. The two were very happy and named this pomelo "Wendan Pomelo" according to their respective identities.

Breaking open a piece of ripe pomelo, the reporter noticed that the flesh was like sparkling gems, crystal clear. It tasted soft, seedless and residue-free, and the sweet and sour juice melted in the mouth, with endless fragrance.

Today, the pomelo has developed rapidly in Duwei Town. It is well-known for its "tender flesh, sweet and delicious, suitable for both medicinal and dietary use" and is sold far and wide at home and abroad. It has won the "Famous Brand Product" of the China (Beijing) International Agricultural Expo, the Gold Award of the Fujian Provincial Agricultural Famous and New Products Exhibition, the right to use the national "Green Food" logo, and the "National Geographical Indication Protected Product" and other honorary titles. The planting area has reached nearly 30,000 acres, and the hills are connected into a piece.

Story 2:

According to legend, Wen Dan is the stage name of a female actress in southern Fujian named Wen. She was not only an excellent actress, but also liked to plant pomelo trees. Each pomelo tree would produce very beautiful pomelo. Ancient books say that pomelo is white in color, fragrant, and charming, just like the name of a female actress. It is also a famous fruit because it was presented to the court as a tribute in successive dynasties. Whether in Madou or Chumen, Wen Dan has large pomelo seeds, thin skin, white flesh, rich juice, and a sweet and sour taste.

Is pomelo a cold food?

Grapefruit tastes sweet and sour, and is cold in nature. It has the functions of strengthening the stomach and digesting food, reducing gas and eliminating phlegm, and lightening the body and pleasing the complexion. Grapefruit flesh is very rich in vitamin C and insulin-like ingredients, so it has the benefits of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, losing weight, and beautifying the skin.

Cool foods are suitable for "heat" symptoms such as internal fire and virtual heat caused by yin deficiency or yang hyperactivity, or external pathogens such as summer heat, heat, and dryness. For example, dry cough with little sputum, sticky sputum that is difficult to cough up, and hemoptysis caused by insufficient lung yin; palpitations, hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and forgetfulness caused by insufficient heart yin; headaches, dizziness, red urine, and constipation caused by insufficient kidney yin. However, for people with yang deficiency, it is not easy to eat cool foods for a long time or in excess, so as not to induce or aggravate the deficiency of yang, thereby causing "cold" symptoms, such as cold hands and feet, sore waist and knees, cold body and cold limbs, etc.

Is Shatian pomelo a pomelo?

Shatian pomelo and Wendan pomelo are two different varieties of pomelo.

Yuhuan Wendan pomelo is native to Yuhuan County, Zhejiang Province. It has strong growth potential, large fruit, single fruit weight of 1250~2000 grams, and the largest can reach more than 3500 grams. The flesh is crisp and tender, and has fragrance. It is seedless or has few seeds, and has excellent quality. The edible rate is 60~65%, and 100 ml of juice contains 0.8~1.0 grams of acid and 50~60 mg of vitamin C. The fruit matures from mid-October to early November. Wendan pomelo has two types: oblate conical and high conical. The former is high-yielding, but the fruit cracks more. The latter has a small central column and almost no fruit cracking. This variety has strong growth potential, good yield, large fruit, bright color, fragrance, seedless or few seeds, and excellent quality.

Shatian pomelo is a citrus plant, mainly produced in Guangxi, China (Rongxian, Guilin, Liuzhou, etc.), and also grown in Meizhou, Guangdong. It was first planted in Shatian Village, Rongxian, Guangxi, so it is called Shatian pomelo. The most common pomelo tree is 2-5 meters high, with lush branches and leaves, and small white flowers blooming in spring. Its fruit has a short neck at the top and a large and round bottom. Each weighs 2.5-3.5 kilograms. There is a money-shaped mark at the bottom, and the skin is oily and yellow. The pomelo flesh is sweet and juicy, crispy and refreshing, and is a good fruit in autumn and winter. Frost is the season for it to mature and be harvested. According to the data of Rongxian Fruit Bureau, in 2013, the area of ​​Rongxian planting Shatian pomelo was more than 130,000 mu, and the total output reached 75,000 tons, an increase of 15.5% over 2012. There are more than 630 growers and middlemen in the county who market Shatian pomelo online. By early November, the online transaction volume of Shatian pomelo in the county had reached more than 3,200 tons.

The fruit matures from early October to mid-November. There are many types of Shatian pomelo, and the two types currently cultivated are soft-branch and hard-branch types. The soft-branch type has smaller fruits, pear-shaped, more juice, and good quality. This type matures earlier and has high and stable yields. The hard-branch type has larger fruits, gourd-shaped, less juice, and high yields, but is more likely to have alternate years.

Therefore, there are still differences between Wendan pomelo and Shatian pomelo in terms of appearance or origin.