Mangosteen is mainly distributed in the mountainous areas at the junction of subtropical and tropical areas in China, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places, among which the mountainous areas in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau are the most concentrated, and there are also a few scattered areas in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian.
Coconut tree is an ancient cultivated crop. There are different opinions about its origin, some say it is produced in South America and some say it is produced in tropical islands in Asia, but most think it originated in Malay Archipelago. Now it is widely distributed in tropical coastal and inland areas of Asia, Africa, Oceania and America. It is mainly distributed between 20 north and south latitudes, especially in equatorial coastal areas. Secondly, there is also a large area distribution in the range of 20 ~ 23.5 in the north and south latitudes.
2. Economic value
There are two aspects to the economic value of mountain palm. One is that the tender hearts of palm of palm trees can be eaten and has a certain anti-cancer effect (please consult relevant professionals for details); The second kind is the brown slices of the mountain palm, also called brown clothes and leaves, which have the function of protecting the young leaves of the mountain palm. After spinning, it can be used as brown products such as mattresses, brushes, brooms and well ropes. The two economic values of mountain palm are contradictory. To eat tender hearts of palm, it is necessary to cut down the mountain palm, but the growth of the mountain palm is extremely slow, which leads to the decrease of the mountain palm possession year by year.
The economic value of coconut trees has three aspects. One is that the coconut juice of coconut trees is cool and delicious, and the aroma is overflowing. Secondly, coconut palm meat can be fried with sugar and sent to far away places, which is a good fruit; Third, coconut palm skin can extract coconut palm silk as the material of palm pad. Coconut tree has a wide planting range, large output of coconut silk, low price and good air permeability. Because the material itself contains sugar, its utilization range is narrow. If the sugar is not completely removed, it may lead to insects on the palm mat.
3. Mountain Palm Mattress and coconut palm mattress
Mountain palm mattress is a mattress with mountain palm silk as the main material. Mountain palm can be divided into two categories according to subdivision: brown flake silk and brown plate silk. Brown board silk itself contains sugar. If the sugar is not completely removed, it may lead to insects. For example, "boiled silk" and "raw silk" are just brown board silk; Brown flake silk contains no sugar and is the most authentic mountain palm. The narrow sense of mountain brown refers only to brown flaky substances. Generally, brown flake silk can be divided into "brown flake silk" and "brown flake head silk" according to the symmetry of fiber length, and the price will be quite different. Brown silk mountain palm mattress has the excellent characteristics of no insects, no mildew, good air permeability and good hardness.
Extended data
1. uses of mangosteen: it is an important fiber plant, which can be used as raw materials for palm ropes, palm mats, palm boxes and other articles. It is also a good wild oil plant and can be used as a street tree in the Yangtze River basin.
2. Every June, when the Ami people hold the millet harvest festival, it coincides with the fruit-bearing period of the mountain palm. When millet is harvested, it is usually tied with leaves of mountain palm, so when picking leaves of mountain palm, the heart of mountain palm is also picked for holiday consumption, and the heart of mountain palm is a wild vegetable eaten at the harvest festival of millet like beans.
3, efficacy: medicinal seeds, pericarp. Seeds are used as medicine for clearing blood. Peel is used as a nutritious tonic.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Mountain Brown
References:
Baidu encyclopedia: coconut tree