▶️ Struchium sparganophorum

Traditional Herbs from Struchium sparganophorum

overcome_thrush

• Wash fresh knob leaves until clean.
• Chew until the juice is sucked out or leave on the sick one then throw away the dregs.

overcome_wounds_and_boils

• Prepare all parts of the water knob plant.
• Wash until clean with running water.
• Crush it until it becomes a paste.
• Apply it to the wound or boil.

What is Struchium sparganophorum Looks like??

Parts of Struchium sparganophorum that could be used

• All Parts of the Plant

Struchium sparganophorum Distribution

This plant originates from tropical America and has spread to many countries in the tropics. In Negeria, this plant is consumed as a vegetable because it has nutritional value. Apart from that, water knob is also used as a medicinal plant, a natural antimicrobial agent in food preservation and the leaves are used as a soup seasoning.
Agroecology of Struchium sparganophorum
Able to live up to an altitude of 700 m above sea level. It is a semi-aquatic plant that can be found in wet bushes, forests and plantations as a weed. Likes alluvial and sandy soil, moist and shaded conditions.
Morphology of Struchium sparganophorum

• The branching stems are green and have fine velvety hair.
• Single leaves, oval in shape, tapered at the base of the leaf and flat at the edge of the leaf, spirally arranged, pinnate spines.
• Single hump flower, tubular in shape, located in the axillary, petals the flowers are white and hairy.

Cultivation of Struchium sparganophorum
Generative (seed) and vegetative propagation via lower stem cuttings planted in prepared soil media. The stem cuttings must have fine roots.

Struchium sparganophorum, more details :

Chemical Content of Struchium sparganophorum
Alkaloids, tannins, saponins, phlobatin, anthraquinones, essential oils, beta caryophyllene, germacrene A, a-humulene, germacrene D, selinene.
Benefits of Struchium sparganophorum
Treats headaches, colds, asthma, back pain, wounds, seizures in children, canker sores, has antibacterial and antioxidant activity.
Simplisia of Struchium sparganophorum

• Collect fresh leaves that are not rotten.
• Wash them thoroughly with running water.
• Dry them in the shade for a few days.
• After they are dry, grind them to a coarse powder.
• Store them in a clean and airtight container air.

Another Facts for Struchium sparganophorum :

Synonym of Struchium sparganophorum
Ethulia sparganophora L., Ethulia struchium Sw.� , Sparganophorus africanus (P.Beauv.) Steud.
Habitus of Struchium sparganophorum
Herb. Annual herb, up to 1 m high
Habitat of Struchium sparganophorum

• Riverside
• Forest
• Bush Area