In the Bay Nui region of An Giang, wild, low-growing myrtle trees bear a lot of fruit, a specialty fruit.

Stopping at a small stall on the way from Tri Ton town to An Tuc commune, Bay Nui area in An Giang province, the plum fruit for sale is only in small quantities. The price for 1kg of plum is 70,000 VND, but the selling points in the market, the center or when brought back to the plains can "push" the price up to double.

The selling price is so high, but many people are still willing to buy, because the late season fruit is big, has only one sweet flavor, not mixed like the beginning of the season or during the peak fruit picking period.

Perhaps this year the drought lasted so long that only the strong myrtle trees were able to bear fruit on time, around the 4th and 5th lunar months. The weaker trees had to wait for rain to water them, silently bearing fruit late.

Thanks to that, although this year's star fruit season is not as bustling as previous years, the long duration creates an opportunity for those who have not had time to enjoy it to go to the mountains to buy and eat.

During the peak season, households who specialize in picking fruit for retail or wholesale can earn millions of dong per day. It sounds “delicious”, but in reality, picking canarium is quite hard work and depends on the number of canarium trees in each family’s field.

People who live off the star apple tree are worried that in a few years there won't be much star apple left to eat. Because the demand for buying ancient star apple trees is very high.

Instead of working hard to pick the fruit every year, some people will accept to sell a perennial tree for a few tens of millions of dong. Basically, because they are wild trees that grow by themselves, no one takes care of them, and when the harvest season comes, they enjoy "heaven's blessings".

Looking at the green fields of Melaleuca in Tri Ton district, people think that the story of Melaleuca “disappearing” is a distant worry. Nestled under the canopy of tall trees is a familiar image of mountain residents living and resting after a hard day’s work. Melaleuca fields are so vast that no one can count their number.

However, the concerns of the people here are not without basis, when the need to exploit forest trees in general, and myrtle trees in particular, in mountainous areas has been quietly taking place for many years.

The star apple is not only a popular "specialty" wild fruit, but its value and beauty also attract tourists to the Bay Nui region, An Giang province, contributing to creating income for local people every year.

Source: https://danviet.vn/o-vung-bay-nui-cua-an-giang-moc-la-liet-cay-tram-dai-thap-te-da-ra-trai-qua-troi-la-trai-dac-san-20240712002537959.htm