A special vine fruit in Tengchong

 The ripe fruit, the skin of the melon is purple and the fruit can split by itself.

When autumn arrived in August, a peculiar fruit brought its harvest at a plantation in the Beihai township, southwest Yunnan’s Tengchong county-level city. It is called chocolate vine fruit, or “Bayuezha” among locals.

A visitor is picking “Bayuezha”

The dangling flowers produce fruit that resembles little egg plants. When it is ripe, the skin of the melon is purple and the fruit can split by itself. The flesh is mellow, and merchants and tourists come to buy or pick the fruit.

Kang Honglong and his wife are picking “Bayuezha”in their garden

Kang Honglong and his wife have grown this fruit since 2017. After three years’ experiments, they earned over 100,000 yuan in 2020.  

Kang Honglong is picking “Bayuezha”in his garden                                                              

Source: Tengchong Publicity Department; Trans-editing by Mo Yingyi