thank you so much! John Locke mentions this in An Essay on Humane Understanding ... I had no idea! no wonder it was given to royalty (says Wikipedia), and no wonder Aztecs worshipped the sun, when ordinary man-made fire has not enough UV to cause the fluorescence (I suppose)
Pretty cool! Did you hold a blacklight up to it in a darker area? Have you sealed it in a jar to see how it keeps? I would be experimenting with this all day long...lol. Thanks for the interesting video.
I tried a UV flashlight on it and it glowed brightly - even where drops of it had dried on surfaces glowed. I didn't mention it in the video, but resources mention powders being sold in the past, and I wondered if that was sawdust or if it was possible to just evaporate a large amount of the liquid and collect the residue. I still have it in my refrigerator and so far it doesn't seem to have changed properties. Thank you for watching and commenting!
hey bud. just bought a farm in the philippines just wondering what can u recommend a fast growing trees in the philippines? main purpose is for privacy fence. tia
That's exciting! Based on my limited experience: There are several fast growing species, but most that I know of will grow tall quickly and will not have too many lower branches after a couple of years so they might not be the best in terms of long-term privacy assuming you are trimming around the trunks. Of species that are readily available, narra is fast-growing, and it has an advantage of being able to grow from large cuttings, so some people will make instant living fences by planting large branches of narra directly in the ground. I've read that they have a greater tendency for heart rot when they are planted from cuttings, though. Other fast growers we have experience with are amugis and kalantas. So far, our fastest-grower is rainbow eucalyptus. All of those species tend to grow up fast enough without many lower branches that you might not have too much privacy when they are tall, so you could consider another row of smaller trees - maybe some ornamentals like bagawak morado and mangkono could be nice. If your fence has several rows of trees and you just let nature take over after the taller trees have some height you would probably have plenty of shorter volunteer plants and trees that would provide privacy relatively quickly. One suggestion I would have before you select the species is to join the Philippine Native Tree Enthusiasts facebook group - they have nice lists of windbreak trees that could be considered, and you could ask their advice as well - they have many helpful experts who know a lot more than me and have much more experience. One last thing to note - I don't know if this is true, but I've heard people say that there are some rules (these might not be nationwide) that limit how closely you can plant a tree to a property line, so that might be something to consider as well. I hope that gives you a starting point for your research in terms of the species. All the best with your new farm!
I think it's safe to drink. They sell this online as Palo Azul tea. I mean...not that people haven't sold dangerous stuff before. I haven't finished reading through all the studies done on it, but it seems to have some very interesting properties. It could possibly be used as a florescent cell nanomarker to detect cancer or pathogenic microorganisms.
When I was looking at the Palo Azul sold today all I could find is from the Eysenhardtia polystachya tree and I'm not sure if narra would add other compounds to the liquid. I think you're right that it has potential for some interesting applications. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@outofdangerproject I keep forgetting they used two different species for lignum nephricum. Pterocarpus indicus is also sold as an alt medicine tea, (I think in the Phillipines) they just don't really hype up the color of it. Ecarma, that's the company...Had to look it up. There may be more companies in the Phillipines that sell it, but the other species is more commonly sold as tea so I trust its edibility more than pterocarpus. I know narra can be a respiratory irritant when woodworking, but yet, a Pharmtech study that tested its toxicity on brine shrimp concluded it was non toxic. I still wouldn't drink it. Not that I even want to drink it, you just presented a mystery when you weren't sure of its toxicity and I had to know the answer. Seems like it's not. Nobody drink it, please. Also, love the channel, just discovered it. Subbed now.
@@cocobutter3175 I asked some facebook groups about it too to see if anyone knows of it being used currently but the jury is still out. At any rate it's interesting to look at, and was fun to try something I read about being done hundreds of years ago. Thank you for the kind words and for subscribing!
I think that's a closely-related species. This one is Pterocarpus indicus and if the red sandalwood is what I'm thinking of, it's Pterocarpus santalinus. So they are in the same genus, but not quite the same. I'm not sure if red sandalwood would also cause the water to change colors in a similar manner, but it could be interesting to see if it has a similar effect. Thank you for watching our videos!
Really interesting, thank you for sharing! It looks like a beautiful sunset.
Thanks! I agree! It very captivating looking at it, and a small change in the viewing angle transforms it. Thank you for watching and commenting!
thank you so much! John Locke mentions this in An Essay on Humane Understanding ... I had no idea! no wonder it was given to royalty (says Wikipedia), and no wonder Aztecs worshipped the sun, when ordinary man-made fire has not enough UV to cause the fluorescence (I suppose)
Thank you! It really does look amazing. Thank you for watching!
Looks great. I wish there's more studies regarding its medicinal properties.
I agree - it would be interesting to know. If it actually is healthy, it would make a fun drink, but I couldn't find any modern information about it.
Pretty cool! Did you hold a blacklight up to it in a darker area? Have you sealed it in a jar to see how it keeps? I would be experimenting with this all day long...lol. Thanks for the interesting video.
I tried a UV flashlight on it and it glowed brightly - even where drops of it had dried on surfaces glowed. I didn't mention it in the video, but resources mention powders being sold in the past, and I wondered if that was sawdust or if it was possible to just evaporate a large amount of the liquid and collect the residue. I still have it in my refrigerator and so far it doesn't seem to have changed properties. Thank you for watching and commenting!
hey bud. just bought a farm in the philippines just wondering what can u recommend a fast growing trees in the philippines? main purpose is for privacy fence. tia
That's exciting!
Based on my limited experience: There are several fast growing species, but most that I know of will grow tall quickly and will not have too many lower branches after a couple of years so they might not be the best in terms of long-term privacy assuming you are trimming around the trunks. Of species that are readily available, narra is fast-growing, and it has an advantage of being able to grow from large cuttings, so some people will make instant living fences by planting large branches of narra directly in the ground. I've read that they have a greater tendency for heart rot when they are planted from cuttings, though. Other fast growers we have experience with are amugis and kalantas. So far, our fastest-grower is rainbow eucalyptus. All of those species tend to grow up fast enough without many lower branches that you might not have too much privacy when they are tall, so you could consider another row of smaller trees - maybe some ornamentals like bagawak morado and mangkono could be nice. If your fence has several rows of trees and you just let nature take over after the taller trees have some height you would probably have plenty of shorter volunteer plants and trees that would provide privacy relatively quickly.
One suggestion I would have before you select the species is to join the Philippine Native Tree Enthusiasts facebook group - they have nice lists of windbreak trees that could be considered, and you could ask their advice as well - they have many helpful experts who know a lot more than me and have much more experience.
One last thing to note - I don't know if this is true, but I've heard people say that there are some rules (these might not be nationwide) that limit how closely you can plant a tree to a property line, so that might be something to consider as well.
I hope that gives you a starting point for your research in terms of the species.
All the best with your new farm!
I think it's safe to drink. They sell this online as Palo Azul tea. I mean...not that people haven't sold dangerous stuff before. I haven't finished reading through all the studies done on it, but it seems to have some very interesting properties. It could possibly be used as a florescent cell nanomarker to detect cancer or pathogenic microorganisms.
When I was looking at the Palo Azul sold today all I could find is from the Eysenhardtia polystachya tree and I'm not sure if narra would add other compounds to the liquid. I think you're right that it has potential for some interesting applications. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@outofdangerproject I keep forgetting they used two different species for lignum nephricum. Pterocarpus indicus is also sold as an alt medicine tea, (I think in the Phillipines) they just don't really hype up the color of it. Ecarma, that's the company...Had to look it up. There may be more companies in the Phillipines that sell it, but the other species is more commonly sold as tea so I trust its edibility more than pterocarpus. I know narra can be a respiratory irritant when woodworking, but yet, a Pharmtech study that tested its toxicity on brine shrimp concluded it was non toxic. I still wouldn't drink it.
Not that I even want to drink it, you just presented a mystery when you weren't sure of its toxicity and I had to know the answer. Seems like it's not. Nobody drink it, please.
Also, love the channel, just discovered it. Subbed now.
@@cocobutter3175 I asked some facebook groups about it too to see if anyone knows of it being used currently but the jury is still out. At any rate it's interesting to look at, and was fun to try something I read about being done hundreds of years ago. Thank you for the kind words and for subscribing!
Hi. Isn’t it red sandalwood?
I think that's a closely-related species. This one is Pterocarpus indicus and if the red sandalwood is what I'm thinking of, it's Pterocarpus santalinus. So they are in the same genus, but not quite the same. I'm not sure if red sandalwood would also cause the water to change colors in a similar manner, but it could be interesting to see if it has a similar effect. Thank you for watching our videos!
You just made Mana Potion.
Kidding aside, I wonder if has something to do with it's Tannins that creates this coloration in the water.
Thank you for watching! If I understand it correctly, the color comes from a chemical called matlaline that's found in the wood.
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