👋 Urena lobata

Traditional Herbs from Urena lobata

influenza

• Wash 24 g of pulutan roots.
• Boil in enough clean water.
• After it cools, drink the boiled water.

dysentery_diarrhea_and_rheumatism

• Boil 30-60 g of pulutan roots dry in enough clean water.
• Drink the boiled water.

whiteness_and_boils

• Brew 7 pulutan leaves with 1 glass of warm water expand and absorb.
• Drink the potion while it's warm.

What is Urena lobata Looks like??

Parts of Urena lobata that could be used

• Leaves", "Seeds", "Bark", "Flowers", "Roots

Urena lobata Distribution

This plant comes from Asia or Africa. It is distributed wild or naturalized throughout tropical and subtropical areas, including Southeast Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Brazil and India. The stems produce fibers that are used to make coarse cloth and rope.
Agroecology of Urena lobata
Pulutan requires a hot and humid climate with sufficient sunlight and lots of rainfall. Likes an average temperature of 21-27 �C, relative humidity 73-85%, rainfall 160-210 mm/month during planting season. Usually found from lowlands to 2,000 m above sea level.
Morphology of Urena lobata

• The taproot is about 20-40 and the lateral roots are up to 2 m long.
• The stem is circular, many branches, purplish brown, slightly hairy.
• Alternate leaves (spread spirally), varying in size and shape, shaped pointed at the tip of the leaf, green. The length of the leaf stalk is about 0.2-12 cm and the surface of the leaf is hairy.
• Flowers appear in the axils of the leaves, in groups of 2-3 flowers, the petals are pink the egg circle is 1.5 cm in size. The anther is located at the top, purple in color, with white pollen. covered with spiny bristles & thick epilogue of star-like hairs Reniform seeds, 2.5-3.5 mm long, hard hairy to glabrous, brown.

Cultivation of Urena lobata
Plant propagation is done generatively (using seeds).

Urena lobata, more details :

Chemical Content of Urena lobata
Alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, phlobatinsterol, glycosides, quercetin, β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, imperatorin and furocoumarin.
Benefits of Urena lobata
Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, treats inflammation of the intestines, bladder, stomach ache, diarrhea and dysentery, colic, influenza, venereal disease gonorrhea, fever, malaria, external medicine for fractures, wounds, mastitis, snake bites, goiter, indigestion, vaginal discharge, malaria , rheumatism, tonsillitis, toothache, worm medicine.
Simplisia of Urena lobata

• Collect fresh, non-rotten pulutan leaves. Wash thoroughly with running water.
• Dry in the shade for several days until dry or until the water content is less than 10%.
• Store in a clean plastic container." ]
  

  Another Facts for Urena lobata :

  Synonym of Urena lobata
  Hibiscus americanus (L.) Mabb., Malachra urena DC., Urena aculeata Mill.
  Habitus of Urena lobata
  Bush. Annual upright shrub, up to 1 m high.
  Habitat of Urena lobata
  
  • Roadside
  • Grassland