ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS MEDIK

Botany

Synonym : Hibiscus abelmoschus L.

Classification

Division : Spermatophyta

Sub Division : Angiospermae

Class : Dicotyledonae

Nation : Malvaies

Tribe : Malvaceae

Clan : Abelmoschus

Type : Abelmoschus moschatus Medik

Name of public or trade : Waron

Name of Area

Sumatera : Kapas sedeki (Lampung)

Java : Kakapasan (Sunda) Waron (Jawa) Kastore bukal (Madura)

Maluku : Kasturi (Ternate)

Descripsy

Habitat s : Bush, once season, high ± 3,5 m.

Bar : Wood, circular, straightening, ramification of monopodial, green or green [of] chocolate.

Leaf : Single, square five is, lobed, bercangap or divided five, jetty form heart, tip of fine-form. edge flatten, length 6-22 cm, wide 5-20 cm, finger bone, long handle 5-10 cm, green.

Flower : Single, bell form, [in] leaf armpit, calyx 2-3 cm, triangle, furry, tip of have coronet [to] five, green, tube form stamen, free gist;sari head, yellow, crown five, red jetty, length 3,5 - 10 cm, yellow.

Fruit : Box, circular [of] egg, flank five, becoming sharp, furry or have hair [to] loo like comb have, valve [to] five, chocolate to is black.

Seed : Kidney form, pipih, lobed, hard, chocolate to is black.

Root : circularly, branching, turn white brass.

Profits or Usages

Leaf of Abelmoschus moschatus good for as cough medicine, its seed represent cosmetic raw material

For cough medicine weared ± 2 gr of powder leaf of Abelmoschus moschatus, poured boiling water into by 1 / 2 matured water glass [of] heat, after chilled to be to be filtered. Result of filter drinked one day twice 1 / 4 morning glass and evening.

Chemical content

Seed, root and leaf of Abelmoschus moschatus have content of saponin and of flavonoida, despitefully its leaf have content of tanin and [his/its] seed also have oil content of atsiri.