Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. Et Klotzsch

Kastuba

Sinonim

• Poinsettia pulcherrima R. Grah

Familia

Euphorbiaceae

Name of Area

• Red Tree, Puring Benggala ( Sumatra)

• Denok ( Jakarta)

• Kastuba, Ki Geulis ( Sunda)

• Godong Poison, Plants Poison, Racunan ( Jawa)

• Poison, Kedapa ( Bali)

• Christmas Flower

• Eastern Flower

• Lobster Flower

• Poinsettia

• Yi Ping hong.

Breakdown of plant

Clump of straightening, high [about/around] 1,5–4 metre. bar have Wood, branching, rubbery turn white milkyly. Root ride rust coloredly. Single leaf, its situation spread over. circular Leaf form [of] egg ( ellipse ovatus) until ( oblongus) by 2 – 4 hollowing, length 7 – 15 width and cm 2,5–6 cm. Back part and sharp-pointed leaf jetty, bony [is] fin. bottle green Leaf, surface of [his/its] underside [of] smooth berambut. long Leaf handle, [about/around] 5–20 cm, rose colored when still is young, and turn into green after is old.

Compound interest in form of malai flatten or branch fork, in typical formation [is] so-called cyathium, appear [in/on] tip of ramification. Every cyathium deal with big protector leaf, in form of Iancet, rose colored. High [of] cyathium [about/around] 1 cm, green chromatic with red taju and one big gland [at] its rust colored side [of] jingga. Calyx form bell, chartreuse chromatic. Crown turn yellow squeezing. Gist;Sari handle. chromatic of merah-jingga, red gist;sari head. Pistil with bear ovary three is, rose colored.

Its fruit [of] box fruit, long 1,5 cm, time still is young [of] green chromatic after tan old. Circular seed, tan. Now crop varitas of Kastuba which planted many [is] result of glorifying coming from Europe. Shorter Crop, leaf more wide, with protector leaf colour all kinds of, like squeezing is, white, or pink.

Habitat and disseminating

To grow [at] lowland area until height 1400 metre above sea level. More and more lower place grow, leaf colour will more and more fairly. good red and Green colour emerge if this plant [is] planted [at] height less than 700 metre above sea level. This plant come Mexicanly, widespread now in Indonesia and other tropical Asia nations.

Part of utilized plant

• Leaf

• Flower

• Rubber

• Root

• Entire/All part of plant.

Chemical content

• Pregnant Leaf [of] alkaloid, flavonoida, tanin, saponin, fat, and amilodekstrin

• Pregnant bar [of] saponin, brimstone compound, fat, amilodekstrin, acid and extract of formiat.

Usage

• traditionally used as [by] dysentery drug, emphysema ( TUBERCULOSIS), dermatitis, broken bone, bloated because beaten, and external hurt. Also to launch menstruation, and multiply ASI

• Leaf used as [by] traditional drug as tonic, and to cure hurt

• Rubber used as [by] traditional drug to heal new hurt.