MAQAW - MAQAW
The deliciousness of the indigenous people of mountain pepper
Scientific name: Litsea cubeba
Place of Origin: Fuxing Township, Taoyuan - Ma Jiao Happy Farm
Base location:
24°48'00.1"N 121°21'23.2"E
A Bit About Maqaw
"Mountain Litsea" is mostly distributed on mountain slopes at altitudes of 300 to 2,300 meters in central and eastern Taiwan. The whole plant and fruit have a pungent ginger-like aroma. Its leaves, roots, and fruits are edible and can also be used as a food flavoring to enhance the taste of food. In recent years, the Forestry Research Institute of the Council of Agriculture has been studying the essential oils and bioactivity of various parts of mountain litsea and has published several research results in internationally renowned research journals such as the Journal of Functional Foods and Natural Product Communications.
The essential oils from various parts of the mountain pepper have excellent antibacterial activity, with the fruit essential oil having the best antibacterial effect. At a concentration of 5 μl/disc, it can completely inhibit five strains of bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio enteritidis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Candida albicans. Therefore, the fruit essential oil has excellent antibacterial activity.
Research by the Forestry Research Institute has confirmed that Litsea cubeba fruit essential oil has a wide range of uses, making it a true gem among essential oils. Besides being used as a material in antibacterial medical products, it also possesses excellent anti-inflammatory activity. Furthermore, the research has clarified the differences in the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of two isomers of citral, providing more specific reference information for future applications of this type of biosource in the development of health products.
-Source: AgriHarvest https://www.agriharvest.tw/archives/27746
The development process of Ma Jiao Ministries
Mar 2021 - May 2021
May 2021 - July 2021
July 2021 - August 2021
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
January 2022 - October 2022
The South Island Association first collected wild *Lysimachia christinae* in a region of Wufeng Township, Taoyuan. The trees are about two to three meters tall, and a ladder must be carried up the mountain to carefully cut off the side branches and bring them back. These "black pearls" are then peeled off by hand to be used as raw materials for later extraction. A research team led by Professor Wang Sheng-yang and Associate Professor Zeng Yan-xue of the Department of Forestry at National Chung Hsing University confirmed in a research report published in the *Journal of Wood Science* that the volatile components of *Lysimachia christinae* fruit have sedative, analgesic, and other central nervous system-regulating activities in animals.
The first batch of macadamia nuts was harvested manually from the wild to begin the refining process for extracting essential oils and hydrosols, serving as the first material in product manufacturing. Simultaneously, during the Lunar New Year in February, a visit was made to Feng Yongfu, the station chief of the Wufeng Work Station of the Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, to discuss technology transfer and the purchase of macadamia seedlings. Station Chief Feng Yongfu began cultivating macadamia ten years ago, dedicating himself to researching mountain pepper seedling cultivation. He finally achieved an 80% seedling survival rate through "cold temperature accumulation treatment technology," with a seedling transplant survival rate of up to 90% after germination.
In July, the association began clearing the woodland and establishing the Mago Farm base (the future Wudu Cultural Ecological Park), planting 500 Mago seedlings. Special thanks are due to the Taoyuan Indigenous Peoples Bureau for their subsidies, which provided substantial assistance to the association in all aspects of Mago, including seedling cultivation, technology transfer, land preparation, clearing, soil conditioning, and farmer training. This also mobilized the community's manpower.
Based on tribal life history and traditional areas, we will comprehensively plan and integrate local agriculture, culture, food, clothing, housing, transportation, education and entertainment, etc., to rebuild tribal life culture, guide people to think independently, and carry out traditional tribal festivals and agricultural product marketing and promotion.
The plan has the significance of ecological cycle and environmental sustainability. In essence, it can effectively and continuously cultivate the tribe and promote the tribe's products in the long term.
To preserve the cultural heritage of Atayal festivals in Taiwan, our association will continue to focus on the "Utux" brand, combining it with the direction of the cultural industry and the operation of tribal life history to preserve the uniqueness of Atayal culture, thereby achieving the goal of cultural inheritance and sustainable development.
(2) Develop ecotourism and tourism industry: This will allow the environment, culture, nature conservation and industrial development to be integrated. Ultimately, it will be packaged through marketing and promotion, tour promotion and other means to create new highlights for regional tourism, build a green value chain, attract visitors and create profits as a model for the operation of tribal tourism industry.
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