📩 Uncaria gambir

Traditional Herbs from Uncaria gambir

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• Take 1 gambier fruit, 3 young areca nuts, 7 slices of turmeric, 3 pieces of fragrant pandan, and 7 slices of ginger.
• All ingredients are washed until clean, boiled in 4 glasses of water until boiling and the water is reduced makes 2 glasses.
• Drink in the morning and evening, 1 glass each.

What is Uncaria gambir Looks like??

Parts of Uncaria gambir that could be used

• Leaves
• Stems

Uncaria gambir Distribution

Gambir has long been cultivated on the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan and Maluku). Its origin is thought to be from Sumatra and Kalimantan, where wild types are found growing in nature. Gambier is a component of betel nut, which has been known to the Indonesian people since 2,500 years ago. It has medicinal functions and is also used as a leather tanner and textile dye.
Agroecology of Uncaria gambir
Growing in secondary forest areas, soil acidity (pH) ranges from 4.8-5.5. Land slope 15%. The altitude is 50-1,100 m above sea level. Rainfall is 2,500-3,353 mm/year. Air temperature 20-40 °C and air humidity 70-85%.
Morphology of Uncaria gambir

• Stems\u00a0erect have a sympodial branching type and are light brown to reddish brown.
• Leaves\u00a0single\u00a0oval shape, elongated, tapered tip, surface hairless (smooth), with short petioles.
• Compound flowers with crown pink or green, measuring 5 cm.
• Fruit in the form of a pod, pseudo, up to 2 cm in cross-section.
• Seeds like needles, small, colored yellow.\u00a0

Cultivation of Uncaria gambir

• Generative propagation (seeds). The gambier fruit is dried in the sun first so that the pods burst and the seeds can be removed, then cleaned and stored in an airtight room.
• Vegetative propagation is carried out by stem cuttings, grafting and grafting.

Uncaria gambir, more details :

Chemical Content of Uncaria gambir
Flavonoids (catechin), catechu tannic acid, pyrocathecol, gambier flourescence, red catechu, quercetin, alkaloids (gambirdine), ellagic acid.
Benefits of Uncaria gambir
Cosmetic ingredient, antipyretic, antidiarrhea, treats headaches, stomach aches, wounds, vaginal discharge, prevents heart disease, mouthwash to treat sore throats and infections by fungi and bacteria.
Simplisia of Uncaria gambir
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Another Facts for Uncaria gambir :

Synonym of Uncaria gambir
Cinchona kattukambar J.Koenig ex Retz., Nauclea gambir W.Hunter, Ourouparia gambir (W.Hunter) Baill.
Habitus of Uncaria gambir
Bush. Annual climbing shrub, reaching 1-3 m� high
Habitat of Uncaria gambir

• Forest