🔓 Sterculia foetida

Traditional Herbs from Sterculia foetida

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• Prepare 20 g of dried kepuh fruit skin. Cut the skin into small pieces, then boil in 1 glass of water for 15 minutes. Cool and strain.
• Add the mixture with 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar, then stir until smooth and drink it all at once.

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• Wash thoroughly 1 kepuh fruit.
• Heat the kepuh fruit.
• Crush it then stick it on the itchy area.
• Apply it 1-2 times a day, leave it for 15-30 minutes a day.

What is Sterculia foetida Looks like??

Parts of Sterculia foetida that could be used

• Leaves", "Seeds", "Bark", "Fruit

Sterculia foetida Distribution

Kepuh originates from tropical Africa. Widespread from East Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Archipelago to Australia. Kepuh has a large stem height and diameter, so apart from being used as a medicinal plant, it is also used to make matchsticks, coffins and boats. The seeds can be used to produce oil for lamps or as wax for making batik (kangean).
Agroecology of Sterculia foetida
Kepuh is found in lowland and coastal areas at an altitude of 0-400 m above sea level, with an annual temperature of 18-32 °C, average rainfall of 1,100-1,800 mm/year, likes soil with deep solum, fertile, moist and well-drained with a pH of 6-7.5 with full sunlight.
Morphology of Sterculia foetida

• Roots are slender and buttressed.
• The compound leaves are fingered, the stems gather at the ends of the twigs. The leaves are 7-9 in number, oblong and oval, the tip and base are tapered.
• Compound flowers in panicles near the ends of the twigs, green or faded purple , petals share 5 like a crown. grains per fruit, blackish, attached with yellow arils.

Cultivation of Sterculia foetida
Propagation is through seeds that fall in relatively wet or waterlogged soil conditions until they form small shoots.

Sterculia foetida, more details :

Chemical Content of Sterculia foetida
Seed flesh: oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid, cyclopropene fatty acids (CPFA) such as 8,9 methylene-heptadec-8-enoic acid (malvalic acid) and sterculic acid (9,10-methylene-ocadec-9 -enoic acid).
Benefits of Sterculia foetida
Leaves: treat fever, wash hair, poultice to relieve pain in sprained or broken bones. Bark: abortion.
Simplisia of Sterculia foetida
Not yet available.

Another Facts for Sterculia foetida :

Synonym of Sterculia foetida
Clompanus foetida� (L.) Kuntze, Sterculia mexicana� var.� guianensis� Sagot, Sterculia polyphylla� R.Br.
Habitus of Sterculia foetida
Tree. Annual tree, grows up to 40 m tall.
Habitat of Sterculia foetida

• Riverside", "Forest", "Coastal