📩 Marsdenia tinctoria

by Sarah on October 28, 2021 in Apocynaceae

Traditional Herbs from Marsdenia tinctoria

boils

Prepare 10 g of fresh leaves, washed and pounded until crushed.
Put it on the boil and wrap it with a clean cloth.
Change the dressing 2-3 times a day.

dog-bitten_wound

Prepare enough tarum root leaves.
Wash thoroughly with running water.
Pound the leaves until they become pulverized.
Put it on the wound.
Do it 2 times a day for 3 consecutive days - join in.

What is Marsdenia tinctoria Looks like??

Parts of Marsdenia tinctoria that could be used

Leaf

Marsdenia tinctoria Distribution

It is a plant native to Western Indonesia. In the past tarum could not be separated from the lives of Sundanese people. This plant is generally used by the community as a blue dye for typical Indonesian cloth, the same as the tarum plant or Indigofera tinctoria. Tarum roots grow vines and have large leaves while tarum grows upright, has compound leaves and is smaller than tarum roots. Tarum roots can also be used as an ingredient in traditional medicine.
Agroecology of Marsdenia tinctoria
Marsdenia tinctoria can live in subtropical to tropical areas. Naturally grows in moist mixed forests in the low and middlelands from an altitude of 400-1,000 m above sea level. Can propagate on rocks, bushes and open land.
Morphology of Marsdenia tinctoria

Slender, semi-woody stems winding with very fine branches.
Compound leaves opposite ovate to round 9-16 cm long with a tapered tip and a heart-shaped base.
Small fragrant flowers yellowish in color, 4-7 long cm.
The fruit is lanceolate and slightly angular, 5-8 cm long and covered with thick hairs.
Dense white hairy seeds.

Cultivation of Marsdenia tinctoria

Propagation of tarum plants is carried out generatively and vegetatively (cuttings, grafts).
Sowing seeds, spacing of tarum plants is 75 x 50 cm in a planting hole with a diameter of 12.5 cm.
Grows shoots in 14-16 days. Harvest time at 4 months.

Marsdenia tinctoria, more details :

Chemical Content of Marsdenia tinctoria
Flavonoids, alkoloids and saponins, 3,2-dihydroxyflavone, methylcyclobutene, dimethyl isatoate, triterpenes, lupenyl acetate, lupenyl palmitate, lupenone, lupeol, flavone capitone.
Benefits of Marsdenia tinctoria
Treats syphilis, fever, rheumatism, intestinal disorders, stimulates hair growth, cures stomach aches.
Simplisia of Marsdenia tinctoria
No information

Another Facts for Marsdenia tinctoria :

Synonym of Marsdenia tinctoria
Asclepias tinctoria� (R.Br.) Roxb., Cynanchum tingens� Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f., Marsdenia akkar� Blanco, Marsdenia globifera� Tsiang, Marsdenia monostachya� Wall. ex Hook.f., Marsdenia tagudinia� Blanco, Marsdenia tinctoria� var.� tomentosa� Masam. ex Tsiang & P.T.Li, Pergularia parviflora� Blume, Pergularia tinctoria� (R.Br.) Spreng.
Habitus of Marsdenia tinctoria
Creepers. Vines, up to 5 m high
Habitat of Marsdenia tinctoria