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.