MEDICAL PLANT(Cucumis sativus L.)or ketimun for the local name indonesia.
DESCRIPTION Cucumbers are grown everywhere, whether in agriculture, home page or in a greenhouse. These plants are not resistant to rain continuously. Growth requires high humidity, fertile soil loose and gets full sun with good drainage. Cucumbers should be spread to the attic and grows well from the lowlands to 1,300 m above sea level. This medical plant is thought to have come from areas of the Himalayas in northern India. Seasonal crops, crawling or creeping, rough-haired, trunked wet, length 0.5 to 2.5 m. This plant has a spiral-shaped tendrils branch out on the side of the leaf stalks. Leaves single, alternate locations, long-stemmed, wide oval shape, with heart-shaped base, pointed tip, serrated edge. 7-18 cm, 7-15 cm wide color, green. The flowers are yellowish white male, and female flowers shaped like a trumpet. Fruit oval,
USE of the medical plant:
fruit:
- High blood pressure.
- Sprue.
- Fever.
- Acne.
- Cleaning an oily face.
- Cleaning the kidney.
seeds:
- Wormy.
USAGE medical plant ketimun:
To drink: Moderation grated or eaten raw.
External use only: The fruit taste is washed and shredded. Used to compress the fever, affixed
