Dioscorea opposita, also known as Yam and White Huai, is not only a kind of health food, but also a valuable medicinal material. Mapu Township has a long history of planting Huaishan Mountain. Farmers make full use of the unique natural environment such as Mapu is a low hilly land with an altitude of more than 3 meters, which has a large temperature difference between day and night, has the function of sheltering from wind and freezing, and the soil layer is deep red sandy loam to develop Huaishan Mountain planting on a large scale. In recent years, farmers in villages such as dalun, Wuluo, Jianhe and Shishitou have planted Huaishan in a large scale. The township has planted 12, mu of Huaishan, with more than 3, growers, and gradually formed a 1,-mu planting base in Keliao and four 1-mu demonstration sites in Tunxi, Jianhe, Shishitou and Qingmei.
Yunxiao County is located between 23 45 ′ ~ 24 14 ′ north latitude and 117 7 ′ ~ 117 23 ′ east longitude, and belongs to the tropical maritime climate of South Asia, with abundant rainfall, sufficient light energy, abundant heat, large diurnal range and difficult invasion of cold waves in winter. The county is rich in water storage and excellent in water quality; The natural soils in the county mainly include argillaceous lateritic red soil, acidic lateritic red soil, yellow lateritic red soil and argillaceous lateritic red soil, with diverse vegetation. Yunxiao County is the only county in mainland Fujian Province where the extreme minimum temperature is not below ℃ (except Xiamen Island and Dongshan Island). It is located on the coast, with mountains and seas at its back. It is moist but not dry in winter, with an average annual temperature of 21.4℃, which is very beneficial to the growth and development of vegetables.
There are good natural conditions for planting Huai Mountain in Mapu Township, Yunxiao County. Most of the landforms in Mapu Township are horseshoe-shaped low hills with southwest opening below 3 meters above sea level, which has the function of sheltering from wind and freezing. The soil layer is deep red loam, and there is the second largest Fengtou Reservoir in the province with abundant water, warm climate and long frost-free period, with an average annual temperature of 2.9 C. The superior natural conditions are conducive to the growth and development of Huai Mountain in Mapu.
after the reform and opening up in p>1978, the people in Mapu Township gradually expanded their scale by planting Mapu Huaishan as a sideline to get rich. Since 21, Mapu Township Government has taken planting Mapu Huaishan Mountain as a leading industry to promote rural economic development, which has been popularized throughout the township, with a large planting area of more than 1, mu. There are many growers, which are widely distributed. There are 3,375 farmers in 28 administrative villages in the township, with a total output value of about 1, yuan per mu and 1 million yuan in the township. The planting range is Fengtou, Baodong, Daping, Qingmei, Baifeng, Pankeng, Shanjiao, Gem, Dragon Mirror, Kengkou, Fanglin, Shangyang, Mapu, Shiqin, Keliao, Wushikeng, Yangmei, Cuxi, Huyang, Qiaotou, Pingshui, Xiaan, Xinlou and Shigu.
The products of Huaishan Mountain in Mapu Township are excellent, with good taste, white and firm meat, fine powder, light taste, much mucus and warm and nourishing nature.