Fortunately, this Professor Li is also a hospitable person, plus Chen Hao, a "confidant" who shows his face. Li Zhou's gushing explanation of insects lasted for most of the afternoon.

Regarding the information on fireflies that Chen Hao is most in need of now, this Professor Li also reported more than a dozen kinds at one time with considerable research.

Like the black fireflies, Ji red fireflies, and window chest fireflies that I saw in the corridor on the first floor before, I won't say much about the most common varieties in China, and there are also some unpopular varieties such as Huangyuan fireflies, strip-backed fireflies, and big-end black fireflies.

"Professor Li, are there any fireflies that glow blue in nature?" Chen Hao asked suddenly.

Of course, he also had a deep meaning in asking this.

Because the flower species of [Luminous Flower] he chose is a blue [forget-me-not], and if you want to set off the beauty of this blue petal, it is best to match it with blue fluorescence.

If it is paired with the yellow-green light of ordinary fireflies, isn't it blind?

"Fireflies glowing blue?"

"Not really, because the light source of the fireflies is luciferase. It can only emit two colors: orange and red. Blue fireflies do not exist in nature. ”

"As for the blue fireflies circulating on the Internet, they are all fake. ”

"Insects that can emit blue light in nature can only be done when they are larvae of a special insect in Australia, the fungus mosquito. Moreover, this blue light is extremely faint and has a short duration, which is far worse than that of real fireflies. ”

"Of course, in addition to the larvae of this mushroom mosquito, marine plankton, like some special luminescent jellyfish in the ocean, can also glow blue. Li Zhou introduced in detail.

Now, Chen Hao was disappointed!

"There are no fireflies that glow blue?"

"Then didn't I come to Xishuangzhou for nothing this time?" Chen Hao was a little puzzled in his heart, but his face still admired Professor Li's knowledge.

......

The time to visit the institute passed quickly, and with Xia Xue, Li Zhou, and Professor Cao explaining on the side, Chen Hao did not feel bored.

As for the biggest research result of this medicinal plant research institute, it is the Chinese herbal medicine of Panax notoginseng.

Panax notoginseng, also known as notoginseng and ginseng notoginseng, is a kind of hemostatic medicinal material that is special in Yun Province and looks very similar to Yeshan ginseng. Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacist in the Ming Dynasty, called it "gold does not change".

As for the use of this kind of notoginseng, it is also extremely extensive.

In addition to being used in a large number of traditional Chinese medicine formulations, the most famous use of Panax notoginseng is in white medicine.

You read that right!

It's white medicine!

It can dissolve blood stasis and stop bleeding, invigorate blood and relieve pain, detoxify and reduce swelling, almost every family will have a few bottles, and the products are exported to all over the world, with an annual output value of tens of billions, and the formula and process are included in the top secret healing elixir of China.

The reason why Colonel Liu, who I met on the helicopter earlier, respected Professor Cao so much was because this inconspicuous little old man with glasses was one of the few cattle men in China who had mastered the introduction of Panax notoginseng so far.

After learning about this amazing background, Chen Hao became more and more in awe of the people in this medicinal plant research institute.

Not to mention anything else, Chen Hao alone started using white medicine when he was a child.

Because this guy was very naughty when he was a child, he often played in the mountains and fields, and in addition to the weak bones of children, how could he not fall and sprain if he played too much?

But whenever this happens, Chen Hao's parents will take a bottle of white medicine spray and spray Chen Hao's injured area.

Although the smell of this white medicine is not very good, the real therapeutic effect is amazing. As long as it doesn't twist to the bones, after spraying white medicine on ordinary bruises, wait for three or five days and it's all right.

And according to rumors, it is said that once this white medicine encounters a serious injury, it can also be applied internally to stop bleeding. As long as it is not too completely injured, after eating the white medicine, you can take a breath, and the efficacy is not much worse than the several centuries-old ginseng plants catalyzed by Chen Hao before.

This made Chen Hao even more admired in his heart: "I have come to a research institution with a deep background. ”

So in the next visit, Chen Hao was serious for three points, for fear that he would miss the famous scientific research achievements displayed in the exhibition hall of the Institute of Medicinal Plants.

......

By the time I had walked around the exhibition hall and listened to some tirades about medicinal plants, it was already evening.

At the warm invitation of Professor Cao, Chen Hao followed everyone to a secluded corner of the institute, intending to eat in the canteen of the institute.

After all, I just had a big fish and meat in the hotel at noon, and there was too much oil and water in the restaurant at night, and everyone was too tired of it, so I planned to have a light meal in the canteen of the institute.

It's just that as soon as he walked to the door of the cafeteria, Chen Hao's nose moved, and he suddenly smelled a rich fragrance in the air.

This fragrance is not the smell of rice coming from the cafeteria, but from a corner of the research institute, similar to the fragrance of flower petals.

But as far as the eye can see, in addition to the green plants in the courtyard, there are no special flowers with fragrance and aroma in this research institute!

So, after stopping and leaning his nose and taking two breaths of the aroma vigorously, Chen Hao couldn't help but ask, "Professor Cao, what kind of fragrance is this, how can it be so strong?"

"Scent?"

"Oh, you're talking about those [ylang-ylang] plants!" Professor Cao was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, then raised his finger and pointed to a few tall trees planted on the edge of the cafeteria, and began to explain.

It turns out that this plant that exudes a rich aroma is a tropical woody spice plant with the scientific name of [ylang-ylang].

This kind of [ylang-ylang] is a large evergreen tree, and its body size can reach more than 20 meters after maturity. The flowers it blooms are like ordinary leaves, extremely inconspicuous, and it is no wonder that Chen Hao didn't find them after searching for a long time just now.

However, in addition to its unique and rich aromatic smell, this flower also has an oil yield of 2~3%, which is a precious raw material for the fragrance industry, and is widely used in perfumes, soaps, and cosmetics.

And listen to Professor Cao, at present, some well-known cosmetics companies in the world also use the flowers of [ylang-ylang] to refine a special fragrance called "ylang ylang", which is used to make the world's most precious natural high-grade fragrance and high-grade fixative.

As for the distribution of the origin of this kind of [ylang-ylang], it can only be found in Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, Indonesia, Malay, and Filipino, as well as in the Xishuang Autonomous Prefecture of China.

These [ylang-ylang] trees in their botanical research institute are also tree species that Professor Cao specially found from the primeval jungle of Xishuangzhou when he was young. After decades of cultivation, it has grown up to the present tall and mature appearance.

As for why Chen Hao suddenly became interested in this [ylang-ylang], it was really because the floral fragrance that hit the tip of his nose was too strong.

"If you transplant the high-quality genes of this [ylang-ylang] to [forget-me-not]. ”

"Won't the shortcomings of forget-me-not's weak smell be solved?" Chen Hao's heart moved, and his eyes stared at those few [ylang-ylang] plants with fiery eyes.

After all, through understanding before, it was discovered that there were no fireflies that emit blue light in nature, which had made Chen Hao depressed enough. However, the [ylang-ylang] that was accidentally discovered with a unique and rich floral fragrance is another defective gene that can solve Chen Hao's [forget-me-not].

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Hao felt that his visit to the Institute of Medicinal Plants was a bit worthwhile!

Today, the first two more ~ wait for the data to catch a cold and give everyone a more ~ (End of chapter)