Poisonous flowers from 2,000 years ago, Vietnamese people still eat hibiscus like crazy

In Vietnam, this flower only blooms once a year, and those who are slow can only buy dried products. A highly poisonous flower that has existed for 2,000 years It looks very similar to lilies but is smaller, and is a "once a year" specialty in our country - fresh hibiscus. This flower is also called the needle flower, as small as a finger and can be eaten after processing. It is known that hibiscus only blooms once a year for a very short period of time (around mid-June to the end of July). They are grown in some areas such as Lam Dong, Tam Dao or Sa Pa. Hibiscus can be processed into many different dishes such as hibiscus shrimp and meat soup, stir-fried hibiscus, hibiscus cooked with chicken, etc. Few people know that hibiscus is so delicious, but if eaten raw, it can cause poisoning, vomiting, stomachache, diarrhea, and can even lead to kidney failure. Because fresh hibiscus contains toxic alkaloids. Not only popular in Vietnam, daylily has also appeared in China for a long ...