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There is a plant fruit with a red film outside and an octagonal diamond like a cherry inside.

Brocade lanterns, also known as: mountain girl; Mostly wild plants in the mountains. Caragana is a perennial herb of Solanaceae and a medicinal fruit, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving cough and diuresis. Location: Three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia. Lantern-shaped, squashed, 3 ~ 2.5 ~ 4 cm long and 2.5 ~ 4 cm wide. The surface is orange-red or orange-yellow, with five obvious longitudinal edges and reticular veinlets between the edges. The top is tapered, slightly 5-lobed, the base is slightly truncated, and there is a fruit stalk in the central depression. Light, flexible, hollow, or with brownish red or orange red fruit inside. The fruit is spherical, mostly squashed, with a diameter of 1 ~ 1.5 cm. The pericarp is shriveled and contains many seeds. Weak qi, bitter calyx, sweet and slightly sour fruit.