Blue Sausage Fruit Is The Furthest Thing From Sausage - Chowhound

guentermanaus/Shutterstock Despite its playful nickname, the "blue sausage fruit" has nothing to do with meat. Known as Decaisnea fargesii, it is a shrub found in mountain forests and shaded ravines stretching across western China, Nepal, Bhutan, and the surrounding regions. In the autumn season, the plant produces elongated pods, shaped like beans, that mature into an unusual shade of metallic blue. When the…