caladium bicolor

Scientific Names

caladium bicolor

classification

Division: Spermatophyta

Sub Division: Angiospermae

Class: Monocotyledoneae

Nation: Arales

Tribe: Araceae

Marga: caladium

Type: caladium bicolor

The characteristics

Habitus: Herba, muslman, 25-50 cm high.

Trunk: Form a tuber.

Leaves: Single, rosette roots, forms the shield triangular, 15-30 cm diameter, flat edge, smooth, pertulangan menjari leaves, mottled green and white, red leaves around the bone.

Interest: Compound, head shape, stalk cylindrical, 28-40 cm long, the base of the stalk sheath protected flowers, stamens clump together to form a rod, yellow, the crown of one strand, white.

Fruit: Not yet never found.

Seed: Not yet never found.

Roots: The fibers, white.

Chemical Ingredients

Taro leaves and flowers contain saponins, rhizome contains flavonoids, in addition to the flowers and rhizome contain polyphenols.

property

Taro tuber efficacious as a medicine pain swelling in the fingers.

For sore swollen finger worn ± 15 grams of taro tubers, washed and crushed into powder and then placed on a sore finger, if it dries quickly replaced new.