✅ Gmelina philippensis

Traditional Herbs from Gmelina philippensis

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• Take enough fresh leaves of Wareng Bintang, wash them thoroughly.
• Crush until it becomes a paste.
• Squeeze the water.
• Obse it on joint and nerve pain.
• Leaf extract is used as a stimulant , solvent, and in treating joint and nerve diseases.

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• Take fresh star wareng roots, wash them thoroughly.
• Blender and add a little water.
• Strain then\u00a0drink.
• The root juice is used as a laxative and in treating fatigue.

What is Gmelina philippensis Looks like??

Parts of Gmelina philippensis that could be used

• Leaves
• Roots

Gmelina philippensis Distribution

Bintang wareng originates from the Philippines, India and Southeast Asia, and has also been distributed in Indo-China, the United States, Australia, Vietnam and Bangladesh. This plant is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics, and is also one of the species that is popular as a bonsai plant. Wareng Bintang is believed by the public to have good health benefits, and has been used in several countries as an ingredient in traditional medicine. One of them is in Peninsular Malaysia, where this plant is trusted and used as a traditional medicine to treat various diseases, including coughs. People also use star wareng to repel leeches.
Agroecology of Gmelina philippensis
Star warung grows in open habitats, gaps, edges, bushes and secondary forests. Sometimes, it grows on the edge of swamps and joins other shrub tree species. This plant likes moist, fertile, well-drained soil, with a soil acidity (pH) that is slightly acidic to neutral (6.1-7.3). In the wild it is often found in clay textures. It grows successfully in full sun or partial shade.
Morphology of Gmelina philippensis

• Taproot.
• Stem round, thorny, bark yellowish brown, main branches branched.
• Leaves have thin, rough blades, leaf shape varies from egg to elliptical or like a duck's foot, leaf edges are flat or toothed deep to slightly lobed. The base of the leaf is cuneate, the tip of the leaf is obtuse, subacute or cuneate. The upper surface is green, glabrous and shiny while the lower surface is pale green. glauous (waxy leaves).
• Flowers pendulous, 5\u20138 cm long, arranged in a pendant structure formed like a chain with pointed, overlapping red bracts. Flowers resemble a parrot's beak , pointed apex or beak shaped from 3 other lobes, yellow, narrow tubular crown, 4 stamens, filiform filaments. oval anthers.
• The fruit is fleshy, smooth, yellow, drop-shaped or pear-like, and 3 cm long.
• There are 1 seeds in each fruit.

Cultivation of Gmelina philippensis
Generative propagation using seeds.

Gmelina philippensis, more details :

Chemical Content of Gmelina philippensis
6 iridoids (6-O-α-L-(2″-O-, 3″-O-, 4″-O-tribenzoyl)rhamnopyranosylcatalpol, 6-O-α-L-(2″ -O-, 3″-O-dibenzoyl, 4″-O-cis-p-coumaroyl)rhamnopyranosylcatalpol, 6-O-α-L-(2″-O-, 3″-O-dibenzoyl, 4″-O-trans-p-coumaroyl )rhamnopyranosylcatalpol, 6-O-α-L-(2″-O-benzoyl, 3″-O-trans-p-coumaroyl)rhamnopyranosylcatalpol, 6-O-α-L-(2″-O-, 3″-O-dibenzoyl)rhamnopyranosylcatalpol, gmephiloside), five monoacyl and diacyl derivatives of rhamnopyranosylcatalpol .
Benefits of Gmelina philippensis
Treating coughs, foot eczema, laxative and fatigue medicine, internal medicine as a stimulant, solvent, and used in treating joint and nervous diseases, has antioxidant activity.
Simplisia of Gmelina philippensis

Another Facts for Gmelina philippensis :

Synonym of Gmelina philippensis
Gmelina finlaysoniana f. colorata Kuntze, Gmelina hystrix Schult. ex Kurz, Gmelina inermis Blanco
Habitus of Gmelina philippensis
Bush. Climbing shrub, annual, height ranges from 3-8 m
Habitat of Gmelina philippensis

• Forest
• Land