to all Thunters,
We have a farm its a 12 hectar property with a very rare tree and the only one of its kind in the vicinity, it is a century old tree and nothing has been written of this tree. There was not even an english translation for this tree, they call it BALUNO the old folks there were the one who named it. You would not find it in the book of trees and fruit bearing trees in the Philippines either.
The tree looks like a mango tree, the front leaf is similar to a mango but the back is like a guava leaf, the shape of the fruit is in oval form but the color is similar to a mango and its green. When its ripe the color does not change but it falls from the tree once it is ripe, the outer covering is hard so it does not break even when it falls to the ground. But once you peel the covering the flesh is soft and whitish in color and creamy with a very sweet taste, the seed of the fruit is has lots of fibers attach to its round shape. Size of the fruit is almost twice as big as a mango. The sap is very ichy once it makes contact with your skin so people in the vicinity are very wary of going near the tree. But the most unusual characteristic of this tree is that it only bears fruit every 5 years, now don't you think its rare?
Old folks say that it was a japanese fruit, but i have never verified its veracity.
The tree is located about 50 ft. away from a small river with a depth of less than 2 meters, across the other side would be less than 75ft. in length. The shape near the tree is like an inverted Z with the tree located at the middle side of the river. There is also a grouping of 2 yellow bamboo on its side of the tree, aproximately 75ft. away putting the BALUNO tree at the middle. But what fascinates us is the 1st branch of the tree about 15ft. high, the size of an adult thigh and around 12ft. long or more. You will notice that there was a break at the middle of the branch, and has already healed thru the years, when you talk about the law of gravity a branch once you break it would certainly fall downwards. But what happen to the other side of the branch is that it went up forming a letter V instead og it going down. Now the question is how did it form to letter V, my analysis is it was done intentionally they break the branch and pull the other side to upward position, tie the other side to the other and let it heal until it form to letter V.
About 5 0r 6 years ago a local farmer went fishing in the river just fronting this BALUNO TREE, after a few minutes he stepped on something hard and when he picked it up from the river and he saw a JAR about 2ft. high. Folks there say that its color is black and the color underneath is yellowish, they thought it was concrete and a few passersby saw it, and for almost 5 days different group of person approached him to buy it, and they are all with guns. The poor guy just sold it for 15T the price that the group wants to pay him, he sold it for fear of his life and his family.
Now my question, is there a possibility that this tree is a marker, the letter V in the branch can it be pointer? Plus the shape of the river as well as the yellow bamboo trees on the side of the BALUNO TREE, can this be markers too. I almost forgot for the last 2 years there were frequent treasure hunters who toil around detecting in our place from the bamboo to the tree, and it was only recently that the tenant tells us about this group detecting in our property.
Anyone who has any idea about this tree and could you give us an idea if we could consider this site as a candidate for a treasure site, please we will be waiting for your reply, and your knowhow will be a good source of information. / i will post some pics of the tree including the V shape. / alfonso
We have a farm its a 12 hectar property with a very rare tree and the only one of its kind in the vicinity, it is a century old tree and nothing has been written of this tree. There was not even an english translation for this tree, they call it BALUNO the old folks there were the one who named it. You would not find it in the book of trees and fruit bearing trees in the Philippines either.
The tree looks like a mango tree, the front leaf is similar to a mango but the back is like a guava leaf, the shape of the fruit is in oval form but the color is similar to a mango and its green. When its ripe the color does not change but it falls from the tree once it is ripe, the outer covering is hard so it does not break even when it falls to the ground. But once you peel the covering the flesh is soft and whitish in color and creamy with a very sweet taste, the seed of the fruit is has lots of fibers attach to its round shape. Size of the fruit is almost twice as big as a mango. The sap is very ichy once it makes contact with your skin so people in the vicinity are very wary of going near the tree. But the most unusual characteristic of this tree is that it only bears fruit every 5 years, now don't you think its rare?
Old folks say that it was a japanese fruit, but i have never verified its veracity.
The tree is located about 50 ft. away from a small river with a depth of less than 2 meters, across the other side would be less than 75ft. in length. The shape near the tree is like an inverted Z with the tree located at the middle side of the river. There is also a grouping of 2 yellow bamboo on its side of the tree, aproximately 75ft. away putting the BALUNO tree at the middle. But what fascinates us is the 1st branch of the tree about 15ft. high, the size of an adult thigh and around 12ft. long or more. You will notice that there was a break at the middle of the branch, and has already healed thru the years, when you talk about the law of gravity a branch once you break it would certainly fall downwards. But what happen to the other side of the branch is that it went up forming a letter V instead og it going down. Now the question is how did it form to letter V, my analysis is it was done intentionally they break the branch and pull the other side to upward position, tie the other side to the other and let it heal until it form to letter V.
About 5 0r 6 years ago a local farmer went fishing in the river just fronting this BALUNO TREE, after a few minutes he stepped on something hard and when he picked it up from the river and he saw a JAR about 2ft. high. Folks there say that its color is black and the color underneath is yellowish, they thought it was concrete and a few passersby saw it, and for almost 5 days different group of person approached him to buy it, and they are all with guns. The poor guy just sold it for 15T the price that the group wants to pay him, he sold it for fear of his life and his family.
Now my question, is there a possibility that this tree is a marker, the letter V in the branch can it be pointer? Plus the shape of the river as well as the yellow bamboo trees on the side of the BALUNO TREE, can this be markers too. I almost forgot for the last 2 years there were frequent treasure hunters who toil around detecting in our place from the bamboo to the tree, and it was only recently that the tenant tells us about this group detecting in our property.
Anyone who has any idea about this tree and could you give us an idea if we could consider this site as a candidate for a treasure site, please we will be waiting for your reply, and your knowhow will be a good source of information. / i will post some pics of the tree including the V shape. / alfonso
