Gymnopetalum leucostictum Miq.
classification
Division: Spermatophyta
Sub dlvisi: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Nation: Cucurbitales
Tribe: Cucurbitaceae
Marga: Gymnopetalum
Type: Gymnopetalum leucostictum Miq.
The characteristics
Habitus: shrubs, annual, spreading, the length of ± 10 m.
Trunk: Software, pentagon, haired, yellow-green.
Leaves: Single, heart shape, bercangap five, pointed tip, base bertoreh, beringgit edge, green.
Flowers: Single, monoecious, trumpet form, in the armpit leaves, bertaju five, yellow, pistil Tangkar cylindrical, 1 to 1.5 cm long, brownish yellow, white.
Fruit: Bunni, ovoid, 4-5 cm long, grooved, hairy, green.
Seed: Small, brown.
Roots: riding, dirty white.
Chemical Ingredients
Leaves, stems and roots contain saponins and polyphenols kemarogan.
property
Leaf kemarogan efficacious as a pain medication arthritis,
febrifuge, stomachic nausea and to increase appetite.
To increase the appetite is used ± kemarogan 15 grams of fresh leaves, washed and then boiled in 3 cups of water until airya half, let cool and then filtered. Distillate taken twice a day morning and evening as much.
