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A kind of fruit in the mountains, our hometown is called "crutch", I want to ask you if you know the scientific name?

Hovenia dulcis-scientific name: Hovenia dulcis Thunb. There are many nicknames in ancient and modern times: Wanzi Pear, Miqu Law, Shanlin Fruit, Mumi, Mu Coral, Jicizi, Chicken Claw, Chaenomeles, Golden Hook, Golden Hook Pear, Lizao, Gourd, Chicken Claw Pear, Chicken Claw Lotus, Smelly Lycium barbarum, Lianqing, Tangzi and so on.

deciduous trees, more than 1 meters high; Shoots, abaxial surfaces of young leaves, petioles and inflorescence axes are pubescent at first, and then fall off. Leaf blade elliptic-ovoid, broad-ovoid or heart-ovoid. The fruit stalk contains a lot of glucose and potassium malate, which is sweet after frost and can be eaten raw or brewed, commonly known as "treating rheumatism;" Wood has moderate hardness and beautiful texture, and is used for building, furniture making and arts and crafts. Mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces.