🚀 Dorstenia contrajerva

Traditional Herbs from Dorstenia contrajerva

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• Crush enough anthurium konde roots and add water little by little until it forms a paste.
• Apply it to the wound.

What is Dorstenia contrajerva Looks like??

Parts of Dorstenia contrajerva that could be used

• Leaves
• Roots
• Twigs

Dorstenia contrajerva Distribution

Anthurium konde is a plant from Southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America including Peru. This plant is cultivated in Indonesia, Malaysia, Africa and South America for medicinal purposes. Generally, simplicia powder from the roots and leaves is mixed with tobacco to improve the taste of cigarettes.
Agroecology of Dorstenia contrajerva
This plant can live in soil conditions that are rich in humus, moist and highly nutritious, up to an altitude of 1,800 m above sea level, optimal soil pH 5-6.5 and tolerant up to pH 4.5-7, rainfall 1,500-4,000 mm/year , but tolerant up to 1,200-5,000 mm/yr.
Morphology of Dorstenia contrajerva

• The roots have rhizomes.
• The stem\u00a0is very short and covered with the base of the leaf stalk.
• The leaves are arrow-shaped, 35-40 cm long, 27-30 cm wide. The base of the leaf blade is incised, the position of the leaf notches covering each other.
• Compound flowers with a flat base, irregular crown shape, flower stalk 7-25 cm.
• Seeds are yellowish.

Cultivation of Dorstenia contrajerva

• Generative (seed) and vegetative propagation (cuttings and separation of seedlings).
• Seeds will germinate well at a temperature range of 16-21\u00b0C.

Dorstenia contrajerva, more details :

Chemical Content of Dorstenia contrajerva
Saponins, dorsjervin A, dorsjervin B, psoralen, dorstenin, squalene, sitosterol, cycloartocarpesin, linolenoyl, bergapten, dorsteniol, xanthoarnol.
Benefits of Dorstenia contrajerva
Treats diarrhea, dysentery, snake bites, worms, fever, wounds, malaria, coughs, diabetes, toothache.
Simplisia of Dorstenia contrajerva

• Prepare enough anthurium konde roots, wash them clean of all kinds of dirt with running water.
• Cut the roots to make it easier to dry.
• Dry in the sun from 08.00-12.00.
• Store in tight plastic air.

Another Facts for Dorstenia contrajerva :

Synonym of Dorstenia contrajerva
Dorstenia alexiteria L.� , Dorstenia contrajerva var. maculata (Verschaff.) Bureau, Dorstenia contrajerva subsp. tenuiloba S.F.Blake
Habitus of Dorstenia contrajerva
Herb. Annual herb, reaches 25 cm in height
Habitat of Dorstenia contrajerva

• Forest
• Bush Area