1. The oil content of begonia kernel is 35.99%, and the oil yield is 30%. It has no peculiar smell, is edible and can be used to make soap. The fruit is cooked and made into candied fruit; It can also be used as medicine, and has the effects of expelling wind, promoting qi circulation, relaxing muscles and tendons, relieving pain, relieving alcoholism, resolving phlegm, stewing food and stopping dysentery. Flowers can be used as seasoning for sugar sauce, and it tastes delicious. Bark contains tannin, which can be used to extract tannin extract. Wood is hard and can be used as a bedpost. In addition, this species is also a good material for landscaping. ?
2. The nutritional value of begonia fruit is comparable to that of kiwifruit, and it is known as "the fruit of all benefits", which is a food with the same origin of medicine and food. Papaya is warm and sour, calming the liver and stomach, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, treating backache and lowering blood pressure.
Modern medicine has proved that papaya is rich in more than 17 kinds of amino acids and various nutrient elements, and has the effects of resisting bacteria, diminishing inflammation, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, softening blood vessels, resisting aging, beauty beauty, expelling wind, relieving pain and reducing swelling. Begonia has the functions of diuresis, thirst quenching and stomach strengthening. Begonia is one of the main drugs to treat urinary system diseases in folk prescriptions. (contained in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty)
3. Begonia flower is the material for making bonsai, and the cut branches can be used for decoration such as inserting bottles. Begonia flower has strong resistance to sulfur dioxide, which is suitable for urban street green space and mining area greening.
In addition, some begonia fruits can be eaten and used medicinally. Flowers contain nectar and are good nectar source plants. Begonia trees are graceful and spring flowers are brilliant. After autumn, the golden fruits are full of trees, and the fragrance attacks people. It should be planted alone in front and behind the courtyard, at the entrance of the hall, in the corner of the lawn, or mixed with other flowers and trees. You can also dwarf potted plants. Fruit can be used as food and medicine after being boiled and sweetened.
Begonia is the general name and common name of many plants of Malus and several plants of Chaenomeles. The representative plants, Begonia and Papaya, are shrubs or small trees of Rosaceae, which are famous ornamental trees in China and are widely cultivated everywhere. Gardening varieties include pink double petals and white double petals.
Begonia are mostly ornamental flowers and trees used for urban greening and beautification (although there are many varieties with high edible value). Many of them are famous ornamental plants, such as Xifu Begonia, Pendulous Begonia, Long-stemmed Begonia and Papaya Begonia, commonly known as "four products of Begonia", which are important flowering trees in temperate zones. Distributed in China, Shandong, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi.