Chrysanthemum indicum

Chrysanthemum indicum L.

Region name

Java: Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum

botany

Synonym: Pyrethrum indicum Cass.

classification

Division: Spermatophyta

Sub Division: Angiospermae

Class: Dicotyledoneae

Nation: Asterales

Ethnicity: Asteraceae

Marga: Chrysanthemum

Type: Chrysanthemum indicum L.

The characteristics

Habitus: Herbaceous plant, height 0.5 to 1 m.

Trunk: Upright, rounded, slightly branched, rough surfaces, green.

Leaves: Single, alternate, oval, pointed tip, base rounded, edges bertoreh, 7-13 cm long, 3-6 cm wide pertulangan pinnate, thick, rough surfaces, green.

Interest: Compound, cup shape, in the armpits or on the tip of the leaf stem, 3-5 cm diameter, cup shape petals, pointed tip, green, stamens and pistil smooth, gathered in the center of flowers, oval crown, loose, long 3 - 8 mm, yellow.

Fruit: Oval, small, membrane covered with fruit, still young after the old black and white.

Seed: Oval, small, black.

Roots: riding, white.

Chemical Ingredients

Chrysanthemum leaves and flowers contain saponins, besides the leaves contain alkaloids and tannins, while the flowers also contain essential oils.

property

Chrysanthemum efficacious as a medicine pain swelling in the eye and to cure wounds.

To cure puffy eyes worn + 10 grams of chrysanthemum flowers, washed and boiled in 3 cups water to boil and let cool until lukewarm. The water used to soak the stew or compress the sore eye.