Watch the white blooming of the forest in the border area of ​​Quang Ninh

These days, the flowers are in full bloom in full bloom on the vast forests of Binh Lieu mountain, Quang Ninh.

The plant is also called apricot tea, apricot tea, tea tree oil, commonly found in many northeastern mountainous areas. The junior tree goes into the poetry with beautiful pictures “Border afternoon, when the peach blossom season blooms, when the base season grows trees”, “The old way of the mountain pass is white on the hill side”, … At first glance, the trees sink into the mountains and forests. Only when winter comes, will the flowers bloom simultaneously in the forest, covering the mountains and hills with a rustic and pure white color. The flowers are white, yellow, pistil, and fragrant. The flower is like a camellia flower but much larger, showing off its fragrance among the green foliage. It can be said that there are rare places that have large and perennial grassroots such as Binh Lieu border district (Quang Ninh). Coming here on these December, far away visitors can not help but be amazed between the vast forests of white flowers. The Department is a native plant here since the 1940s. Since 2014, Binh Lieu has implemented the project “Restoring and developing local trees in the period of 2014-2020”, the area of ​​local forest here is about 400ha. The life of the Dao, Tay, San Chi people here is close to the forest, the roots of the trees are used to treat stomach pain; roots and bark used to treat fractures, sprains; The dried shell is used as fuel, … The most valuable product from the base plant is the oil, which is pressed from the seeds and used as cooking oil. Oil contains omega 3,6,9 and many nutrients good for the body not inferior to olive oil, so it can enhance resistance, fight cancer, lose fat, … The harvested pods are then dried, pressed to break the seeds, roasted hot at high temperature and then pressed for oil. The refined base oil obtained without adding any ingredients, has a characteristic aroma and eye-catching color. The residue after pressing can also be used as fertilizer, cleaning shrimp ponds, … Realizing the economic value from oil, Binh Lieu people began to develop oil processing instead of just harvesting the fruits sold to Chinese traders. However, the number of production facilities is small, small-scale. Currently, oil output is from 2,000-3,000 liters / year, the selling price is quite high, about 400,000 VND / liter. This is a typical agricultural product of Binh Lieu, mainly retail in shops. One product in each commune, ward in Quang Ninh. In addition to the specialty of oil, camellia also becomes a unique tourism product of Binh Lieu. The white forest on the occasion of December attracts many tourists to this remote region. The headquarter is becoming the brand of this new and exciting destination. The beautiful images of the season of flowers in the border forest and mountains leave a beautiful impression on visitors. By 2020, the area of ​​local forest will increase to about 1,700 ha. At the same time, according to the proposal, investors from France will open a base oil factory here, opening up export opportunities to the European market for frontier base plants.