💎 Medinilla cumingii

Traditional Herbs from Medinilla cumingii

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• Prepare raw parijoto fruit, wash it thoroughly.
• Crush the fruit until it becomes a paste.
• Apply on the skin to relieve pain and swelling when bitten by ants.

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• Prepare enough fresh parijoto leaves then wash them until clean.
• Boil the leaves until boiling.
• Let it warm/cold.
• Strain the boiled product and drink it to reduce fatigue

What is Medinilla cumingii Looks like??

Parts of Medinilla cumingii that could be used

• Leaves
• Fruits

Medinilla cumingii Distribution

Parijoto is from the Philippines. This plant is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, because this plant has flowers and fruit that are beautifully arranged and attractively colored. Ripe parijoto fruit can also be consumed directly. Apart from that, this plant contains biochemical ingredients that can be used as traditional medicine, such as in Indonesia where the fruit is used to strengthen embryos.
Agroecology of Medinilla cumingii
Parijoto plants grow in forests at an altitude of 700-1,000 m above sea level. Prefers partial shade, with moist, fertile, well-draining loam.
Morphology of Medinilla cumingii

• Stems circular to subquadrangular, 4-5 cm in diameter at the base, hairs rough, yellowish brown.
• Leaves large, leathery, slightly shiny, with 5 prominent veins, 3/4 leaves whorl at the stem segments.
• Flowers are small, 4 whitish pink petals with purplish stamens, produced in clusters of hanging panicles, flower buds whitish.
• Flesh round berries, ripen from pink to magenta to red or purplish red for several weeks.
• Seeds are small (less than 1 mm) and numerous (50 to 100 per fruit), embedded in the pulp mass in the loculus.

Cultivation of Medinilla cumingii
Plant propagation is done through old stem cuttings or through seeds. Seeds come from very ripe (old) fruit.

Medinilla cumingii, more details :

Chemical Content of Medinilla cumingii
Saponins, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, steroids and alkaloids.
Benefits of Medinilla cumingii
Strengthens the embryo, prevents eye diseases, relieves pain and swelling when bitten by ants, increases stamina, increases blood circulation in the brain and muscles, as a chemoprevention agent and has antibacterial activity.
Simplisia of Medinilla cumingii

Another Facts for Medinilla cumingii :

Synonym of Medinilla cumingii
Medinilla peninsula Elmer, Medinilla speciosa Hook., Medinilla vanoverberghii Merr.
Habitus of Medinilla cumingii
Bush. Annual shrub, reaching 1.8 m high
Habitat of Medinilla cumingii

• Forest
• Land