Successfully breeding 'food plants'

From a tree originating in remote Central America and North Africa, Master Mai Thi Tan - Director of Hapro Herb has propagated and successfully bred hibiscus sabdariffa (Vietnamese name is pink flower) - source of raw materials to create preparations like dip tea, wine, jam .

Plants grown on sand

In 1992, seeing the potential of consumption in the Vietnamese market, a German professor put this plant into trial cultivation at the Special Forest Science and Technology Institute (now under the Vietnam Forestry Science Institute). But the professor's idea was "abraded" when the new plant variety was increasingly forgotten, the scale gradually shrunk.

A kind of Hibiscus Sabdariffa

While the concept of "pink flower" fades, Ms. Tan understands the economic value of this rare plant, she began to study planting techniques and intensive farming methods to increase productivity to create the highest output.

Over the three years of monitoring the development of trees on different hills and upland fields, she knew the rose flower was a short-term shrub (6 months old), sun-loving, easy to grow, can live and grow on land. bad, dry land, hills, sand, interspersed with other plants . and fully adapted to the climate of Vietnam.

"Taking the pulse" with the characteristics of the tree, she studied and found intensive farming methods to increase productivity such as planting time, seed selection, planting density, fertilizer regime, how to control pests and exposures. drying, storage .

Talking about the use of pink flowers, she could not help but be proud of: " Growers can use leaves, fruit pods to cook soup, fish stocks, make live food; radio stations make drinks, confectionery, apricot, make wine , dyeing food, using oil-pressing seeds and raising livestock . In addition, raw materials from plants can be processed into food, cosmetics, extracting medicines . ".

Target output: hard!

Not only is it economically valuable, rose flower is also an effective medicine if used correctly. The substances in the fruit have many effects such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, enhance digestive function .

Succeeding in growing trials, she invested in technology to turn raw products from rose flowers into daily consumption foods. Hapro Wine Joint Stock Company - Herb has successfully produced Hibiscus wine, the main ingredient in the rose flower radio station.

This fruit has a red purple substance that contains many vitamins A, vitamin B1, C, E . and many other organic acids. The successful extraction of the red color from the rose flower radio has helped create a very delicious and nutritious Hibiscus wine, the taste is similar to the French Booc wine. Also from this plant, her company has successfully produced a kind of jelly, dip tea . for a particularly delicious flavor.

Living on impure, drought-resistant land, it is clear that the rose flower will have a bright "future" when introduced into Vietnam. However, those seemingly simple things turned into anxious, anxious people of the attachment. Ms. Tan affirmed that she is still alone in finding markets for products from rose flowers.

Currently, she is still plying over the forest, rolling to many localities, and is willing to pay for carrying rose flowers to introduce "technology" with the only desire to take care of this economic tree and devote Give it a worthy place.