These plants include Acanthaceae family originated from tropical Asia and South Africa. In Indonesia, known as the "Landep" and are found in areas with dry climates, growing wild or planted to fence from the lowlands to 400 m above sea level.
These plants include shrubs. Having high between 1.5 - 2 meters. Plants form woody stems, square, segmented, hairy, strong spiny leaves contained in the armpit. Leaves form a single leaf with a condition in young leaves hairy, lies opposite, petiole length of 4-8 millimeters.
Shape pieces of leaves lanceolate or elliptic to round eggs lengthwise, pointed tip, base tapered and narrows along the stalk, flat edge a bit choppy, the length of 2-28 centimeters, width of 2 to 6.5 centimeters. Meanwhile, the bone pinnate leaves, the color green.
In the flower, seen a single flower form, symmetrical two-sided, axillary, flower crown protruding cartilaginous green, elongated elliptical shape, the color yellow. While the fruit such as fruit boxes, oval, flattened, tip somewhat pointed, hard, split in two, it's green. Seeds oval, flat glossy as velvet, the color brown. This plant can be propagated by seed or stem cuttings.
This plant can be used to treat arthritis, back pain, fever, abdominal pain, abdominal edema water, urine substandard, scabies, sore gums, worms, and spermatorea. Parts used are the leaves and roots. The leaves of this plant has a weak smell, taste slightly brown. Chemical constituents contained in plant leaf Percufine flower include saponins, flavonoida, tannin, potassium salts, and silicates. While the roots contain saponin, flavonoida, and polyphenols.
The results Tryphaena Fenny Gowinda, Fak. Pharmaceutical Univ. Widya Mandala, 1992, states that the decoction of leaves and leaf cat whiskers Landep given to white mice showed increased urine spending significantly. Between the leaves stew Landep konsenttasi 20%, 40%, and cat whiskers leaf stew concentration of 10%, 40% showed no significant difference. Meanwhile, Sudarmono of the Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University, 1990, states that the concentration of leaf infusion Landep higher risk of kidney stones solubility of calcium and potassium in vitro, the more soluble materials, except for calcium, the highest concentration of 7.5%.