Cassia mimosoides L

Scientific Names

Cassia mimosoides L

Region Name

Sunda: Tuturiyan

Java: Walls, Jewer, Kedinding

Classification

Division: Spermatophyta

Sub Division: Angiospermae

Class: Dicotyledoneae

Nation: Rosales

Tribe: Fabaceae

Marga: Cassia

Type: Cassia mimosoides L.

The characteristics

Habitus: Herbaceous plant, chronic, upright, high 0.5 to 1 m.

Bars: round, rough, jointed, purplish green color.

Leaves: Compound, pinnate even, sat cross, anal leaves oval, 0.5 to 1 S 5 cm long, 3-8 mm wide, the tip and base obtuse, flat edge, pertulangan pinnate leaves. slippery surface. green or purplish green, 1-2 cm long leaves of the fulcrum, the tip pointed, base rounded, brownish green color.

Flowers: Single, located at the tip of the stem, the leaves emerge from the armpits, perfect, ravel petals, pointed tip, 1-2 cm long, yellowish green color, the stamens form of needles, large amounts, yellow, cylindrical pistil, crown berbilang 4, ravel, cup shape, length 8-12 mm, yellow.

Fruit: Single, pod, hairy, 2-3 cm long, brownish green color.

Seeds: Round, flat, 3-6 mm diameter, hard, brownish yellow.

Roots: riding, brownish yellow.

Ecology and Distribution

Is a wild plant at the edges of the road, near waterways, gardens, open fields or in the bush. Grows from the lowlands to the mountains at an altitude of 100 m to 1,000 m above sea level. Grows in various soil types, especially in places a little wet. Flowering in February-April, the right-month harvest period from December to February.

Chemical Ingredients

All parts of plants contain saponins kedinding, kardenolin, flavonoids and polyphenols.

Property

Leaves or whole plant parts kedinding efficacious as facilitating urine and anti-inflammatory.

For facilitating the urine, the entire plant kedinding much as 30 grams of fresh, washed, boiled with 200 ml of water until boiling and the water boiled half, strain, after a cold drink as well, and should be taken once daily in the morning.

Medications down the heat, the entire plant kedinding as much as 40 grams of fresh, washed and boiled with 400 ml of water to boil for 15 minutes, strained, tired cold drink 2 times a day morning and afternoon.