“色胜金衣美、甘逾玉液清”。柿子的食用价值、观赏价值、医用价值已为人们所熟悉,但柿蒂的作用,恐怕就鲜为人知了。柿蒂即柿的花萼。仔细观察可以发现,柿的花萼与其它果树的花萼有很大的不同。柿蒂大且肥厚,在花期,柿蒂的体积是花瓣的2—3倍,以后柿蒂还有少许的生长。一般果树的萼片在开花后,开始萎缩、干枯、脱落,但柿蒂却一直不脱落。在果实生长的前期、中期,柿蒂一直 “The color wins the gold clothes beauty, sweet and clear liquid”. Persimmon edible value, ornamental value, medical value has been familiar to the people, but the role of persimmon pedicle, I am afraid little-known. Persimmon that persimmon persimmon calyx. Careful observation can be found, persimmon calyx and other fruit trees calyx is very different. Small persimmon pedicel large and hypertrophy, in the flowering, the size of the pedicle is 2-3 times the petals, after the persimmons there is a little growth. The sepal of a common fruit tree begins to shrink, dry and fall off after flowering, but it has not fallen off. Early in the fruit growth, mid-term, persimmon pedicle has been