(QNO) - Neohouzeaua shoots often grow in Quang Nam forests in late autumn. They may help Quang Nam highland people make ends meet seasonally.
Hien Thi Xuan - a Ve woman from Dak Pre, Nam Giang, goes to the forest to pick neohouzeaua shoots. She often goes to the forest in the Vietnam - Lao border area to pick ‘zôl’, a type of neohouzeaua shoot, but it’s much smaller and more expensive than others.A child brings neohouzeaua shoots to the market.Zôl shoots are usually found in upstream high mountainous forests, so it is arduous and strenuous for people to pick them. One person may pick around 10 - 15 kilos of zôl shoots a day.The zôl shoots, after being harvested, are peeled, boiled, and drained. After that, they are sold or dried to be stored.Zôl shoots are split in half to be dried.People usually take advantage of the sunshine to dry bamboo shoots.Reporting by D.NGOC - Translated by Q.THU
