🔥 Curculigo latifolia

Traditional Herbs from Curculigo latifolia

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• Prepare enough marasi fruit and betel leaves.
• Clean the ingredients with running water.
• Chew the two ingredients together. Suck the juice and discard the dregs.

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• Take marasi root to taste.
• Boil with 1 glass of water until it boils.
• Drink the concoction while it's warm.

What is Curculigo latifolia Looks like??

Parts of Curculigo latifolia that could be used

• Leaves", "Flowers", "Fruits", "Roots", "Twigs

Curculigo latifolia Distribution

This plant comes from Indonesia, the Malay Peninsula to Indo-China. Now marasi has spread widely throughout tropical Asia. Marasi can be used as an ornamental plant as well as a medicinal plant. In the Karo area, marasi leaves are used to wrap a typical food, namely cimpa. In Kalimantan, it is used to make rope, woven thread, sarongs, rice sacks, clothing, and also to wrap fruit and vegetables. The flesh of the fruit contains curculin which gives it a sweet taste, and has potential in the food industry
Agroecology of Curculigo latifolia
Its growth likes damp places with little sunlight, under the shade of trees. Its distribution is most commonly found in young secondary forest with a light intensity of 50-70%. Marasi are often found on mountain slopes at an altitude of 1,500 m above sea level.
Morphology of Curculigo latifolia

• Fibrous roots, tuberous rhizome.
• Round stem.
• Leaves grow directly from the stem in the ground, elongated in shape and textured like small folds.
• Bright yellow flowers, small, arranged tightly, numbered petals 6, hairy bracts. Appear from between the leaves.
• Buni fruit, round, 5 mm in diameter, clear whitish in color.
• Many seeds, small black like dragon fruit.

Cultivation of Curculigo latifolia
It is cultivated intensively in two ways, namely with stolons/root tubers (vegetative) and with seeds (generative).

Curculigo latifolia, more details :

Chemical Content of Curculigo latifolia
Curculin, gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, gentisic acid, chlorogenic acid, vanillic acid.
Benefits of Curculigo latifolia
Treats kidney disease, coughs, headaches, stomach aches, eye pain, strengthens sexual function, replaces sugar for diabetes sufferers, reduces fever, improves urine flow.
Simplisia of Curculigo latifolia

• Take the roots (rhizomes) of marasi, separate them from the dirt that sticks to them.
• Wash them thoroughly with running water.
• Slice the roots into smaller pieces.
• Dry them in the sun or dry them in the oven with temperature 40 \u00b0C until the water content is less than 10%.
• Cleanse with a blender then sift.
• Store in an airtight container.

Another Facts for Curculigo latifolia :

Synonym of Curculigo latifolia
Aurota latifolia (Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton) Raf., Molineria latifolia (Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton) Herb. ex Kurz
Habitus of Curculigo latifolia
Herb. Annual erect herb, up to 1 m high
Habitat of Curculigo latifolia

• Forest