Is sea buckthorn a fruit or a vegetable?

Is sea buckthorn a fruit or a vegetable?

Sea buckthorn is a fruit, also known as blackthorn, sour thorn, etc. It belongs to the Elaeagnaceae family and the genus Seabuckthorn. The fruit has high nutritional value and tastes sweet, sour and fragrant. It is called the "king of vitamin C". The fruits are mostly picked and put on the market around September.

Nutritional value of sea buckthorn

Sea buckthorn tastes sweet and sour and juicy, with a light orange fragrance. It can be eaten directly after washing. It can also be processed into juice, fruit wine, preserved fruit and other foods.

The fruits of sea buckthorn are rich in linoleic acid, vitamins, fatty acids, trace elements, sea buckthorn flavonoids and other substances, which are all beneficial to the human body and can resist fatigue, beautify the skin, lower cholesterol, repair gastric mucosa, and enhance the vitality of the body.

Seabuckthorn Origin and Planting

The main producing areas of sea buckthorn in my country are Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Hebei, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan and other places. Among them, the Chinese sea buckthorn in Qinghai is very famous and the quality of its fruit is very good.

Sea buckthorn is usually planted from February to May or from August to October. It usually takes 3-5 years for it to bloom and bear fruit. It is not very demanding on the soil and can grow on sandy loam, millet-calcium soil, gravel soil, and brown-calcium soil.