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These plants include familia Nyctaginaccae, widely planted as an ornamental plant in the yard. Can be grown in lowland and hilly regions which have enough sunlight. Although not very beautiful, this plant looks attractive with a variety of flower colors include: white, orange, red, yellow and mottled. This plant flowers bloom in the evening and the bud back in the morning before the chief. Not surprisingly, in Indonesia, this plant is called "Kembang pukul empat" (four o'clock flower). While the Chinese call it "Mo Zi Li".
This form of seasonal plant shrubs, erect and height between 50 cm - 80 cm, wet trunked, round, smooth, bare, and the joint grow leaves and branches. Single heart-shaped leaves, dark green color, length 2 cm - 11 cm, width 1 cm - 7 cm, leaf base rounded, tapered tip, flat leaf edge, where the opposite, pinnate leaves bones and have a long petiole 1 cm - 6 cm.
This plant has a single flower, a trumpet, is located on the tip of the stem, six stamens, flat, red, stamens curved stem inside, ± 3 cm long, crown ± 5 cm long, 1cm diameter - 1.5 cm, leaves a protective part under a single, triangular, cartilaginous tip protruding five in yellow. Fruit small, hard, wrinkled surface, ± 5 mm diameter, the inside white and soft, black. Plants rooted Mirabilisjalapa riding with white.
Mirabilisjalapa plant does not smell, taste a bit sweet, neutral and cool. This herb has anti-inflammatory properties, urine laxative, smooth-circulation and eliminate blood flow resistance. Special to the leaves, have the nature maturatif (accelerated ripening ulcers). Parts used for treatment of root, leaf, flower and fruit. Leaves and flower at four contain saponin and flavonoida, in addition, the leaves also contain tannins and the flowers contain polyphenols. Fruit contains flavonoida, polyphenols, starch, fat (4.3%), fatty acid (24.4%), acid oil (46.9%). The roots contain betaxanthins.
Mirabilisjalapa used to treat inflammation of the tonsils (tonsillitis), genito-urinary tract. infection, prostatitis, diabetes mellitus, urinary fatty (chyluria), leucorrhea, cervical erosion, breast swelling (acute mastisis), and acute arthritis. But for pregnant women are prohibited from consuming this plant because it can injure the uterus.
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