The introduction of the green crispy branch, a plant endemic to Taiwan, what is the function of the crispy branch? is the fruit poisonous?

Plants endemic to Taiwan are probably a treasure given by nature, but we just don't know it. There is an endemic plant in Orchid Island, "crispy branches," which has been kept by Japan for years and given to farmers to make contracts, and then shipped back to Japan to develop anti-cancer drugs, which helps Japanese businessmen earn NT $1 billion a year. Taiwan itself is limited by patented technology, but it cannot benefit from it. Its planting method is somewhat similar to how to grow lemons in pots.

This unremarkable sapling has become a cash cow in the hands of foreigners. It is a unique plant in Orchid Island, with crispy branches and a special ingredient camptothecin, which can treat end-stage colorectal and rectal cancer.

He Zhengkun, head of the forestry group of the Forestry Experimental Institute, said: "camptothecin can be used to treat colorectal cancer and rectal cancer after being refined and semi-synthesized. "

The way Japanese businessmen earn billions of Taiwan dollars a year, the crispy branches of Orchid Island are all protected by Japan to fight cancer.

Taiwan's endemic creatures are probably the wealth given to us by nature, but we don't know! Hsu Yuan-tai, director of the Institute of Horticulture at National Taiwan University, said yesterday that Taiwan itself could not benefit from the fact that Japanese companies "kept" crispy branches, a plant endemic to Orchid Island, to develop anti-cancer drugs and earn a lot of money.

He called on the government to grasp Taiwan's biodiversity, actively look for and develop endemic species that have not yet been discovered, and make use of modern science and technology to become national wealth.

Xu Yuantai says that there are two or three similar cases in Taiwan, and because trade secrets are involved, it is not convenient for him to disclose those endemic species. These species are grass in the eyes of the Chinese people, but become treasures in the hands of foreigners.

The National Science Council held another series of press conferences before the exhibition "─ Diversity Taiwan in the second ○○ six Science season" yesterday, raising the issue that China's biodiversity is facing international competition.

Xu Yuantai points out that among the 15 ○ prescription drugs most commonly prescribed in the United States, one or two ○ come from natural compounds. For example, aspirin was first extracted from willow bark, penicillin was obtained from fungi, and recently, shikimic acid was extracted from star anise to develop anti-bird flu drugs.

Lin Fulai, director of the Science and Education Department of the National Science Council, said that how to distribute intellectual property rights to new drugs developed by natural species has attracted international attention in recent years, but it has also caused a lot of controversy.

The unique "crispy branches" of Orchid Island "preserved" by the Japanese company Yoledo is the most famous case in Taiwan. Hsu Yuan-tai points out that three or four years ago, Yangleduo Company discovered that the crispy branches peculiar to Orchid Island contain camptothecin, which can treat end-stage colorectal cancer, so it commissioned farmers to plant a large number of crispy branches in Taitung, extract camptothecin and develop new drugs, earning the company billions of New Taiwan dollars every year.

Chinese farmers later found that crispy branches are so healthy, but because Japan holds technical patents, even if crispy branches are endemic to Orchid Island, our farmers only earn the meagre contract fees planted for Yoledo.

This incident has caused controversy in Taiwan. Hsu Yuan-tai points out that in order to avoid the expansion of the dispute, Yoledo has gradually moved its green crisp branch planting base to Ryukyu. Taitung now has not many farmers to plant, and not even earn money from contract manufacturers.

Xu Yuantai believes that, strictly speaking, in the "Qingchuanzhi" incident, there was nothing wrong with Yoledo, and it was only when Japan invested a large amount of R & D money that it was discovered that Qingqiuzhi was originally a treasure. On the contrary, our country does not even know that there is a treasure in our own family. "how to distribute the benefits, I don't have an answer now." "

Come and go to Taitung / the hometown of Taiwan herbs is in Taitung? Leshan's original name is Yaoshan.

When you see "Leshan" in Tai Mali, please read "Yaoshan". The name carries a forgotten past. The local people do not forget to call it "Yaoshan", because only in this way will they always remember that Taitung is the hometown of Taiwan's herbs.

Leshan, the name sounds strange, but knowing its location, it makes people feel very familiar: it is next to Zhiben Hot Spring in the well-known hot spring area, along Longquan Road, past roadside hot spring restaurants of large and small, and at the end of Longquan Road, it will connect to Leshan industrial road.

I have been to Zhiben Hot Spring many times, but since my first visit more than 10 years ago, I have never known that an important herbal planting site in Taitung is nearby.

During the Japanese occupation, six mountainous areas between Zhiben and Tai Mali were selected as planting sites for herbs, while Taitung City's stadiums, parks, Taitung University and Taitung District Agricultural improvement Farm were centers for herb research and breeding.

To plant herbs on a large scale is mainly to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. The most terrible things in the Japanese occupation era were naturally malaria and tuberculosis. Therefore, cinchona trees that can extract quinine and alpinia paniculata, which are effective against tuberculosis, are naturally the main crops.

During the Japanese occupation era, Taitung County was chosen as an herbal plantation because Taitung County itself was rich in plant resources. There are as many as 5,000 species of vascular plants in Taitung County, of which more than 1,000 species are herbs, especially Orchid Island and Green Island. There are many endemic or rare plants. Therefore, it is not too much to say that Taitung is a natural medicinal botanical garden.

Yao Shan, because of the development of the Zhiben Hot Spring area, has been removed from the grass prefix and become "Leshan." however, the older generation still remembers the days when they planted cinchona trees and still continue to call it "Yao Shan." in fact, without cinchona trees, herbs have continued to make money for Taitung over the years, and the output value of crispy branches exported to Japan every year amounts to 1 billion yuan, and the Japanese use it to deal with bowel and lymphatic cancer.

The fruit of crispy branches is lovely, but poisonous and untouchable.

In addition to crispy branches, Taitung County set up a herbal production and marketing class and selected Houttuynia cordata, Ganoderma lucidum, Lei Gonggen, Toona sinensis, and red scallions as Taitung's five treasures. in addition to promoting the concept of herbivore, the five treasures are also made into tea bags or added to various foods. such as noodles, peeled chili, sesame sauce, become Taitung specialty.