木瓜是蔷薇科的落叶阔叶树木,每年二、三月花叶同放,花色淡红,娇娜可爱。六、七月摘果,莆如小瓜,故称“木瓜”。李时珍在《本草纲目》写道:“木瓜处处有之,而宣城者为佳。”这里的宣城,即今天的宣州市,因此,安徽宣州的木瓜在全国夺魁,特称“宣木瓜”。 宣城栽培木瓜,已有千年以上历史,相传唐代就有种植。宣州木瓜色泽鲜黄,体糯味酸,香气浓郁,品质最佳,当时被选为贡品。明嘉靖《宁国府志》载:宣城县岁贡木瓜上等一千个,中等五百个,下等二百个。又干瓜十斤俱解礼部,并指定要“霜降后一日”摘取。 Papaya is a deciduous broad-leaved tree of the Rosaceae. It is placed every year in March and March. The flowers are red and lovely. Picking fruit in July and July, such as small melons, it is called “papaya.” Li Shizhen wrote in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”: “There are papayas everywhere, and Xuancheng is better.” Xuancheng here, today’s Xuzhou City, therefore, Xuanzhou, Anhui’s papaya won the national title, special papaya“. Xuancheng has cultivated papaya for more than a thousand years. According to legend, it has been planted in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzhou papaya has bright yellow color, body odor, acidity, rich aroma, and best quality. At that time, it was selected as a tribute. Ming Jiajing’s ”Ningguo House Records" contains: Xuancheng County years old Gongpagua one thousand, medium 500, inferior 200. The dried melon weighs up to 10 pounds and all the priests are sent out, and they are designated to “take a day after the frost falls”.