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.
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