🔴 Petunia × atkinsiana

Traditional Herbs from Petunia × atkinsiana

bruise

• Prepare enough young leaves of fresh petunia.
• Clean it from dirt by washing it in running water.
• Crush it until it becomes a paste.
• Apply it to the bruised skin.

What is Petunia × atkinsiana Looks like??

Parts of Petunia × atkinsiana that could be used

• Leaves
• Seeds

Petunia × atkinsiana Distribution

Petunia x atkinsiana is a hybrid derivative of two endemic South American species, Petunia integrifolia and Petunia axillaris. This plant is very popular and widely cultivated throughout the country as an ornamental plant. The flowers can also be consumed fresh in salads or used as a garnish on other foods. This plant also has a function as a traditional medicinal plant, especially used by Chinese people.
Agroecology of Petunia × atkinsiana
Petunias can be found growing around the edges of fields, roadsides, and around the sites of old houses. This plant likes a bright position or gets full sun. Shaded positions can encourage plants to produce lush foliage, but flowering is hampered. Petunias can grow and flower best in light, well-drained soil, they also like moist and fertile soil with a soil acidity (pH) of 5 - 7. This plant is not resistant to freezing temperatures, but is tolerant of heat, drought, and bad soil.
Morphology of Petunia × atkinsiana

• Taproot.
• Stems are branched, have hairy glands, initially grow upright but then fall or pendulous, have sticky hairs.
• Leaves are ovate to elliptical, tip sharp to rounded, leaf edges are flat, green in color. Leaf parts the bottom is alternate (alternate) and stemmed, while the upper leaves are sessile and narrow.
• Flowers are axillary and solitary, have a crown of various colors (white, pink, purple, striped), shaped like a funnel or tube that slightly inflated. Pentamerous flowers have five epipetalous stamens, the stamens are inserted at the bottom of the corolla tube, the anthers are 2-3 mm long, the pistil is erect.
• The fruit is an ellipsoidal capsule 10 - 15 mm long, thin, the top of each 2-lobed slit valve. Ripe fruit is surrounded by an enlarged glandular hairy calyx consisting of five strap-shaped lobes.
• There are many seeds in each fruit, small, subglobose, light brown to brown in color. old, contains a lot of endosperm.

Cultivation of Petunia × atkinsiana

• Propagation is carried out generatively using seeds.
• Seeds germinate best at a temperature of 15 - 20 \u00b0C.

Petunia × atkinsiana, more details :

Chemical Content of Petunia × atkinsiana
Information not found. Need further investigation.
Benefits of Petunia × atkinsiana
Treats stomach ache, bruising, bloating and constipation, ascariasis (infection caused by roundworms).
Simplisia of Petunia × atkinsiana

Another Facts for Petunia × atkinsiana :

Synonym of Petunia × atkinsiana
Petunia x hybrida (Hook.) Regel
Habitus of Petunia × atkinsiana
Herb. Annual or short-lived herb, usually 30-80 cm high
Habitat of Petunia × atkinsiana

• Roadside
• Land