Medical plant kembang pukul empat which has botanical name Mirabilisjalapa Linn.is a
Annual herb, erect, 20 cm high - 80 cm, originating from South America, many people planted as an ornamental plant in the yard or as a barrier fence. Growing up in the lowlands receive sufficient sunlight or in hilly areas. Including interest clan-kampahan kampah, trunked wet, heart-shaped leaves, dark green color, length 2 cm - 11 cm, width 8 mm - 7 cm, base of leaf rounded, tapered tip, flat leaf edges, where the line of sight, has a long petiole 6 mm - 6 cm. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, with many different colors including: red, white, orange, yellow, striped combination -. Blooms in the evening and the bud back in the morning before dawn. The fruit is hard, black, egg-shaped, can be made powder. Blackish brown tuber skin color, elongated spherical shape, length 7 cm - 9 cm with a diameter of 2 cm - 5 cm, the contents of of this medical plant white bulbs.
PART THE APPLICABLE:
Roots, leaves and fruit, can be used for external use.
USE of the medical plant to treat disease:
1. Inflammation of the tonsils (tonsillitis).
2. Urinary tract infections (genito-urinary tract. Infection), prostatitis.
3. Diabetes mellitus (DM), fatty urine (chyluria).
4. Vaginal discharge (leucorrhea), cervical erosion (erosion cervival).
5. The acute arthritis (acute arthritis).
