Binomial name : Cordyline fruticosa (L) A. Cheval
Family : Agavaceae (Liliaceae)
Description
This herbal has characteristics trunked shrub form; 2-4 m high. Twigs with the leaves fall off the former ring. The leaves on the top branches of crowding with a spiral arrangement; stalk shape gutters, leaf blade lanceolate shape or outline, 1-13 cm x 20-60cm, with a wedge-shaped base and a pointed tip, green or red or stripe. Panicles flowers located in axillary, long-stemmed, branching wide, with a large protective leaves at the base of the branch. Protective seath at the base of a small flower. 6 leaf flower tent, elongated, length 1.3 cm, 3 extra on the bottom half attached, close to the inside, the top part off and curved backward
again. Stamens 6, stuck in the flower tent. 3 taju short anthers. Fruit spherical, shiny red. Shiny black seeds. In East Asia this herbs widely grown in the garden as a fence of garden, also found in the cementry with the height reach 1-1900 m.
again. Stamens 6, stuck in the flower tent. 3 taju short anthers. Fruit spherical, shiny red. Shiny black seeds. In East Asia this herbs widely grown in the garden as a fence of garden, also found in the cementry with the height reach 1-1900 m.
Use
This herbs is believed to cure coughing up blood, dysentery, menstrual too much, bleeding hemorrhoids.
