• 神仙果
• Arhat Fruit
• La Han Qua
• Lo Han Kuo
• Longevity Fruit
• Luo Han Guo
• Monk Fruit

藤蔓的長度為3至5米，通過纏繞任何物體爬過其他植物。

Vine:

The vine attains a length of 3 to 5 m, climbing over other plants by means of tendrils which twine around anything they touch.

狹窄的心形葉子長10-20厘米。

Leaf:

The narrow, heart-shaped leaves are 10–20 cm long.

種子被拉長，幾乎球形。

The seeds are elongated and almost spherical.

果實圓形，直徑5-7厘米，光滑，黃褐色或綠褐色，含有皺紋的果實莖端的條紋，具有堅硬而薄的皮膚覆蓋著細毛。 水果的內部含有可食用的果肉，當乾燥後，果肉會形成厚度約1毫米的淡褐色薄脆外殼

Fruit:

The fruit is round, 5–7 cm in diameter, smooth, yellow-brownish or green-brownish in color, containing striations from the fruit stem end of the furrows with a hard but thin skin covered by fine hairs. The inside of the fruit contains an edible pulp, which, when dried, forms a thin, light brown, brittle shell about 1 mm in thickness.

內部水果新鮮食用，苦皮用來製作茶葉。

Properties

The interior fruit is eaten fresh, and the bitter rind is used to make tea.

清熱潤肺，利咽開音，潤腸通便。用於肺熱操咳，咽痛失音，腸燥便秘

Treats

Clear heat, moistens the lung, promotes throat, open voice, moistens intestines, frees stools. Apply to cough due to lung heat, throat pain and aphonia, constipation due to intestine dryness.

知多一點點：

羅漢是阿羅漢的縮寫，這是一個古老的印度梵語詞「羅漢」的音譯。在早期佛教的傳統，和尚開悟後被稱為獲得到阿羅漢，羅漢修成正果。在中國說成羅漢果，後來成為此種甜果在中國和西方的商品名稱。

More to learn:

Luóhàn is a shortened form of āluóhàn, which is an old transliteration of the Indian Sanskrit word arhat. In early Buddhist traditions, a monk who becomes enlightened is called an arhat who attains the “fruition of arhatship”. This was rendered in Chinese as luóhàn guǒ which later became the Chinese and western commercial designation for this type of sweet fruit.