Red-beaked Chicken Heart Wampee

Red-beaked Chicken Heart Wampee

　　Wampee, also known as Chinese wampee, is a fruit variety unique to the Lingnan region, primarily growing in rocky mountainous areas. Yangdi has many rocky hills and extensive wampee cultivation, producing fruit of high quality. It is one of the main wampee-producing areas in Yangshuo County. In the past, farmers did not pay much attention to wampee, planting it only sporadically in fields or around homes and yards, resulting in very limited yields. However, as wampee gained popularity in large and medium-sized cities due to its delicious taste and pollution-free natural advantages, its price peaked at 6–7 yuan per kilogram, with a usual purchase price of around 3 yuan per kilogram.

　　 Wampee fruits are small, with berries shaped like long chicken hearts or ovals. The flesh is tender, juicy, and sweet-sour with a distinctive aroma. It offers benefits such as strengthening the spleen, stimulating appetite, reducing phlegm, regulating qi, and moistening the lungs to relieve coughs.

　　 Tuncheng Red-beaked Chicken Heart Wampee — The Tuncheng Red-beaked Chicken Heart Wampee features an attractive fruit shape, sweet and fragrant taste, few seeds, and resistance to cracking. It is highly transportable and shelf-stable, making it one of the premium and rare varieties of wampee. It is also a competitive brand in the market. The Nanshen Manor in Tuncheng County successfully introduced and trial-planted the fruit from Guangdong in 1998, gradually developing it through seedling cultivation and promotion.