Equestre Hippeastrum Herb.

Scientific Names

Equestre Hippeastrum Herb.

classification

Division: Spermatophyta

Sub Division: Angiospermae

Class: Monocotyledoneae

Nation: Liliales

Tribe: Amaryllidaceae

Marga: Hipeastrum

Type: equestre Hippeastrum Herb.

The characteristics

Habitus: Herba, chronic, high 40-60 cm.

Trunk: No trunked, in the soil to form bulbs, white.

Leaves: Single, the root rosette, lanceolate, 30-60 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, pointed tip, base obtuse, flat edge, pertulangan parallel, slightly fleshy, soft, smooth, green.

Interest: Compound, umbrella form, in the armpit leaves, composed of 2-5 florets, leaves the fulcrum of thin, brown, hollow flower stems, 25-40 cm long, 6-8 the number of stamens, pistil sits amid flower, the tip bears three slimy, white, crown base close to each other form the trumpet, loose ends, 6 pieces, 10-15 cm long, red.

Fruit: Box, bears 3 or 4, long round, each box contains many seeds, green.

Seeds: Round, flat, black.

Roots: The fibers, white.

Chemical Ingredients

Tubers, leaves and flower torong contain saponins and

flavonoids, in addition umbinyajuga contain polyphenols.

property

Flower bulbs torong efficacious as a medicine swollen neck and sore throat.

For drugs used swollen neck ± 25 grams torong flower bulbs, washed and finely ground and then placed on the neck

swell and then wrapped with a clean cloth.