沙棘又名醋柳、酸棘、黑刺、酸不溜等,是一种生长能力很强的落叶灌木,属胡頺子科,沙棘属。原产亚洲,后引入欧洲,巳作为高级营养果树栽培。沙棘原系野生,在河流两岸冲积滩地、草原或沟谷内,甚至在2700米的高山和黄土丘陵地区都能生长。它耐干旱瘠薄、耐水湿盐碱,根系发达,分蘖力强,自带根瘤有固氮本领。我国沙棘资源十分丰富,晋、冀、川、陕、甘、青、新等省都有大片的沙棘林。据估计,仅陕西省沙棘果年产量可达0.25亿公斤左右。沙棘浆果近球形或卵球形,色橙黄或桔红色,花期三至四月,果期八至九月。在 Seabuckthorn, also known as vinegar Liu, sour spines, black thorn, sour sliver, etc., is a strong growth ability of deciduous shrubs, is a razor clam family, seabuckthorn. Originated in Asia, after the introduction of Europe, has been cultivated as a senior nutrition fruit trees. Seabuckthorn was originally wild, alluvial beach, grassland or valleys on both sides of the river, even in 2700 meters of mountains and loess hilly areas can grow. It is resistant to drought infertility, wet salt water and alkali, well-developed root system, strong tillering, nodular nitrogen fixation. Seabuckthorn in our country is very rich in resources, Jin, Ji, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other provinces have large sections of seabuckthorn forest. It is estimated that only the annual output of seabuckthorn fruit in Shaanxi Province can reach about 25 million kilograms. Seabuckthorn berries nearly spherical or ovoid, orange or orange color, flowering from March to April, the fruit from August to September. in