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Bunga ng isang puno, puwede raw sabong panlaba?! | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho

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00:00 The mouth of the Marites is blushing while they gossiped here in Marilog, Davao City.

00:09 This is a fruit tree, orange and brown.

00:15 It's just a small calamansi but it's very big.

00:18 It doesn't have a smell but because it can't be eaten, they just eat it.

00:23 They don't have a name, they call it "Kahoy".

00:26 It's called "Kahoy Dugay" in our language.

00:29 That's why their fruits just fall and get rotten.

00:34 But just last month, they discovered something amazing.

00:40 We have a lot of fruits that we discovered.

00:44 We are in the middle of the season and we discovered this fruit in the forest.

00:48 The fruit of an orange.

00:51 Guys, this is a very nice fruit.

00:54 It's blooming.

00:56 It's very easy to eat.

00:59 We have to wash it.

01:01 We have to wash it clean.

01:03 This is the soap.

01:07 It's also effective in removing stains.

01:11 That's why they call it "soap washing".

01:14 Guys, look at this.

01:16 This is a very nice fruit.

01:20 What kind of fruit is this?

01:23 The residents think that this tree is full of grace.

01:28 It's been planted in their barangay for three decades.

01:31 Even the elders here in our village don't know this tree.

01:36 What Junel discovered in his so-called cleaning powers is that

01:42 he carries his own bag

01:51 and carries his own bag.

01:53 Junel crossed the ditch.

02:00 My cousin washes the tree with his own bag.

02:05 The tree is almost there.

02:08 He reached the tree, which is 20 minutes away from the residents.

02:19 He climbed up and picked the fruits.

02:22 Guys, this is the fruit of the tree.

02:35 We picked a lot because there are a lot of people asking for it.

02:39 There are a lot of people fighting for it.

02:41 The fruits we picked are low in quality.

02:44 So we tried to play with it.

02:47 He squeezed the fruits

02:50 and poured it into the water.

02:56 We are afraid of fruits because they are red.

03:00 He immediately told his neighbors what he discovered.

03:06 I couldn't believe it because we've been here for a long time.

03:10 We never heard of a tree like that.

03:12 I really tried.

03:14 They found out that it doesn't just grow flowers.

03:18 It also removes stains.

03:21 I was amazed.

03:23 I've never seen anything like that.

03:25 You wouldn't believe that it can be washed.

03:28 He said there are only three small fruits,

03:32 equivalent to one sachet of detergent or soap,

03:36 less cost.

03:38 Here in our area, one sachet is 8 pesos.

03:41 If we don't have the budget to buy detergent,

03:45 we get the fruits of the tree to wash.

03:50 You can really save money because you don't buy soap.

03:55 You just give the soap to your children.

04:00 I was fighting for my uniform and my grandchild.

04:03 I smell like soap.

04:05 But it doesn't smell.

04:07 So Jenalyn just soaks the clothes she washed in a fabric conditioner.

04:12 It's nice and there are a lot of bubbles.

04:14 It's nice on the hands.

04:16 Some residents also use it to wash dishes.

04:19 We just want to know what kind of tree it is.

04:23 If it's safe to use or what's the name.

04:26 So it's safe for the residents.

04:28 In their barangay,

04:30 they only have one tree that can be used to grow fruit.

04:36 We collect the trees to see if there are any that can grow cemelia.

04:42 But it's just a seasonal thing.

04:45 The trees are just growing.

04:47 But what is this tree?

04:49 Davao City's City Environment and Natural Resources Office

04:59 examined the tree.

05:03 [music]

05:05 The story behind the tree

05:28 that the fruit is effective in removing mold.

05:33 But is it safe?

05:35 Let's find out in our return.

05:40 The fruit of the tree in Davao City

05:47 is blooming and is now used to wash dishes by residents.

05:53 I was fighting for my uniform and my grandchild.

05:56 I smell like soap.

05:57 We tried washing it with a cloth.

05:59 It doesn't smell or smell like soap.

06:01 It's good to use for washing.

06:03 It's light on the body.

06:04 But no resident knows what this tree is.

06:10 So it was examined by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office

06:16 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Davao City.

06:20 This is the fruit we saw.

06:26 It's different from the one we saw.

06:30 It's a rare tree.

06:32 We only saw it recently.

06:34 We climb the mountains almost every day.

06:37 I've never seen this tree.

06:38 So for me, this tree is rare.

06:42 It's in the family of lansones.

06:44 They took a sample to study.

06:47 We did a deep research about this tree.

06:53 The tree is possibly called soap berries or soap nuts.

06:59 The name of the tree is Trichonapras fultrata.

07:03 It's in the family of sapindaceae,

07:05 so in the soap berry family, locally known as ngaratngat.

07:09 It's found from Luzon up to Mindanao.

07:11 The skin of its fruit has saponin, a kind of natural soap.

07:17 So saponin bubbles when water is added.

07:20 Saponin is a natural chemical produced by plants.

07:24 It has surfactant.

07:26 It's like a cleaner.

07:27 It's a good cleaning agent.

07:28 It acts like a soap.

07:30 Our soap is just a copy of the naturally occurring soap.

07:35 But is it safe to use?

07:38 Yes, it's safe to use.

07:42 Although, don't ingest it.

07:44 Maybe we shouldn't use it directly on our skin

07:48 because we're not yet sure if it has other pollutants.

07:53 Although, it can be used on clothes.

07:55 Trichonapras is one of the underutilized plants in the Philippines.

08:00 It has a high potential to be used and has economic use.

08:05 It can somehow give importance to our biodiversity.

08:08 It's a good source of nutrients.

08:11 It's a good source of saponin.

08:13 It's a good source of nutrients.

08:16 It's a blessing.

08:18 Especially, because the price of saponin is high.

08:21 We're already blessed.

08:22 Meanwhile, the Marilog residents are taking care of this plant.

08:28 Especially, the small size of the fruit has a big impact.

08:33 It's a protection.

08:35 It can help people.

08:37 It's a good source of nutrients.

08:41 We really take care of it because the saponin is a big help to us.

08:45 With the high prices of saponin,

08:49 many people are already using it and are already spending.

08:53 It's a good thing that our environment has a strong solution

08:58 for our plants.

09:02 Thank you so much!

09:03 [Music]

09:06 Thank you so much, Kapuso!

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Bunga ng isang puno, puwede raw sabong panlaba?! | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho

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