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«——【Preamble】】 ——»
Plants are also very useful, there are many plants that can be used in medicine in nature, and many of our common plants may be precious and useful medicinal materials in the medical field, so what plants are like this?
Do you know the camphor tree? A kind of tree commonly found in the roadside field actually has very useful medicinal value, and its leaves are very precious, a pound of leaves is really worth tens of thousands, called "plant gold" in the medical world, so how is this roadside common camphor tree worth so much money?
In 2013, an uncle in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, made a fortune from camphor trees, and it is said that his annual revenue exceeded 100 million.
This uncle is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, his name is Dong Hongwei, he made a fortune in his hometown's specialty rice wine business when he was young, and then somehow he wanted to go to plant trees, and he planted camphor trees.
Twenty acres of land just to plant this kind of camphor tree that can be seen everywhere? The people around him didn't believe that the camphor tree could have any wealth code, and felt that this old watch was enough money to plant trees for the elderly.
In fact, everyone laughed at Dong Hongwei behind his back for being a rich man who didn't make a big fool, what kind of money can the camphor tree be worth?
«——【·Money·】——»
Dong Hongwei has an indifferent attitude, quite a posture of "others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at others can't see through it", and sure enough, within a few years, he slapped his face, and those who laughed at him also shut up and turned their heads to compliment him.
Dong Hongwei became the richest man in the local area, and even the TV station came to interview.
The reporter also doesn't believe that just relying on those dozens of acres of trees, can the annual income exceed 100 million?
In this regard, Dong Hongwei mysteriously said that the secret of his wealth is related to these camphor trees, but it is not entirely the credit of these camphor trees, and there is a treasure trove stored in his home, which is the secret of his wealth!
The reporter's little girl was stunned for a moment, and curiously followed Dong Hongwei to see what that treasure house was?
Coming to a warehouse, Dong Hongwei opened the door, there were many bottles and cans inside, and Dong Hongwei opened one of them.
The reporter was a little surprised after seeing the contents clearly, isn't this "white powder"? That monster can make a fortune, it turns out to be ill-gotten gain!
Dong Hongwei just smiled calmly at this, and then explained:
In fact, what he planted was indeed not an ordinary camphor tree, but a dipterocarp camphor tree, which is a variety of camphor trees.
The origin of this camphor tree is not small, and the leaves alone can be worth a lot of money, because it contains a special substance.
The dipterocarp tree belongs to the Lauraceae family Lauraceae, and its leaves contain a substance called "dextroborneol", which is where its name comes from.
Zhejiang Dong Hongwei's white powder, a pound as high as 20,000 yuan! This is the "D-borneol".
"D-borneol", also known as natural borneol, is a white powdery substance. The leaves of this camphor tree can be extracted inside.
Dipterocarp is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and has been nearly depleted due to long-term overharvesting. It has a history of 2,000 years on the mainland, and it has been recorded during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Because it is an extremely precious natural resource, the experts have not let it go to find it.
In the 80s, a wild borneol appeared in a big mountain in Xinhuang, Hunan, and this discovery brought a great surprise to the mainland medical community. I wanted to protect the tree in situ, as it was one of the few trees found outside of its place of origin.
It is a rare wild dipterocarp tree!
In addition, most of the current dipterocarp trees are planted artificially and are widely distributed in the mainland.
«——【·Planting·】——»
Zhejiang Province is also one of the important planting areas for dipterocarp trees. The dipterocarp tree is growing well and has become an important part of the local forestry industry.
Since this tree has a nice smell, you can smell it from a distance.
It is precisely because of his special taste that it was often made into sachets and worn on princes and nobles in ancient times, and it is important to know that dipterocarp has been a high-grade spice since ancient times!
This tree is not unique to the continent, it was very rare in ancient times, and its origin is extraordinary.
Dipterocarp has been recorded in ancient times on the mainland, once the mainland was a superpower in the world, the strength crushed other countries, all countries worshipped, and the prestige was far and wide, and there were relevant records of dipterocarp in the ancient Tang Dynasty, which was offered to the mainland as a tribute.
According to the records at the time, there were two catties of dipterocarp and two hundred taels of gold in front of the emperor, although the gold jewelry was very expensive, but the dipterocarp was opened after the fragrance immediately fascinated the emperor, the fragrance covered up the jewelry, became the emperor's favorite.
"borneol" not only has a fragrance, but when ignited, it produces a yellow flame and thick smoke.
With the identity of the emperor and the love for this spice, it is natural that there will be "people with hearts" who will look for this kind of tree in order to please the emperor. Even the emperor sent people to look for it.
In ancient times, this tree was only distributed abroad, and when transportation was not developed at that time, it was very troublesome to transport it from the place of origin to China.
In ancient times, ordinary people were not qualified to come into contact with this kind of thing. Therefore, it is also a status symbol, and many people cannot buy this kind of thing even if they have money.
Therefore, since ancient times, no one has found dipterocarp in China, so it is believed that there is no such tree species in the mainland, so dipterocarp has always been a very precious existence.
The discovery of wild camphor trees in the 80s made experts very happy, which not only broke the perception that dipterocarp trees do not exist in China, but also provided more data suitable for the growth of dipterocarp trees in China, and provided valuable data for the planting and promotion of dipterocarp trees.
borneol is a natural plant resource, likes light, humid climate, is not drought tolerant, and does not have strict soil requirements, but can not grow in arid saline-alkali land.
As a high-grade fragrance, borneol adds a unique charm to perfumes and cosmetics, and as a chemical raw material, it also plays an important role in it.
The market demand for it in the world is very large, according to statistics, the annual demand for natural borneol in the mainland has reached 500 tons.
And there is a growing trend, due to the limited production, the global annual demand is about 9,000 tons, while the continent's annual production is only about 100 tons, which shows that the market gap is huge.
If this price is so expensive, why are there still so few people who grow it?
Although its price is very high, but the cost is also very high, a meal of leaves can extract dozens of catties of borneol, if it is to meet the medicinal use, the purity is even higher, and the extraction of borneol will be less at that time.
And the extraction cost is also very high, if there is no high investment in the early stage, it is difficult to have a return in the later stage!
Therefore, entrepreneurship needs to be cautious, not only to see the high price on the surface, but also to consider the cost behind it, even if it is a luxury item that is broken at the touch, there are huge marketing funds behind it, and most rich people still pay for marketing expenses.
Therefore, although natural borneol is very precious, it is not recommended as an investment and financial product for ordinary people. After all, with great value comes great risk.