Sunday, December 25, 2011

the advantage of medical plant Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.)


medical plant Rambutan widely planted as fruits, sometimes grow up wild. These tropical plants require a humid climate with not less than 2000 mm. Rambutan is a lowland plant, at an altitude of 300-600 metres above sea level. Trees with a height of 15-25 m has many branches. Located alternative connections are pinnate leaves, the leaflets 2-4 pairs. Leaflets oblong rounded Blade length of 7.5 to 20 cm, width from 3.5 to 8, 5 cm, tip of the base and tapering, flat edge, feathery cylindrical stems, green often desiccate. Flowers are arranged in bundles at the end of branches, fragrant, small, light-green color. Male flowers and female flowers grow separately in one tree. Fruit rounded oblong, 4-5 cm in length with a curved stick to rigid spines, limping.this medical plant have Green fruit colour, yellow, or red when ripe. The thick walls of the fruit. Elliptical seeds, wrapped in transparent white flesh, which can be eat.

PART USED of the medical plant are
Plant part used is the skin of the fruit, bark, leaves, seeds, and roots.

INDICATIONS
Skin of the fruit used to treat:
dysentery,
a fever.

Bark is used to overcome:
sprue.

The leaves are used to overcome:
diarrhea,
discolor hair.

The roots are used to overcome:
a fever.

Seeds are used to overcome:
diabetes (diabetes mellitus).

composition of the medical plant rambutan are:
Fruits contain carbohydrates, protein, fat, phosphorus, iron, calcium, and vitamin C. Fruit skins contain tannins and saponins. Seeds contain fat and polyphenols. The leaves contain tannins and saponins. Bark contains tannins, saponins, flavonoids, pectic substances, and iron.
there are many benefit from medical plant rambutan you could consider for natural remedies,oh ya...in Indonesia rambutan season know you can get cheapest prize just 2500 IDR per kg or 4kg $1