Photography | The beauty and benefits of Widelia

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Widelia flowers are shrubs plant, which grow wild. Many grow on empty land and near rice fields. However, this plant does not close the possibility of being planted in a garden. Serves as a ground cover, or cover crop equivalent of grass. It needs special care to grow neat and not wild, ie by cutting it periodically and tidied it. The flowers are beautiful, like sunflowers in the form of mini.

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Plants named latin Wollastonia biflora (L) This includes long-trunked herbs and twisted. Height of about 30-40 cm, the stem books rooted when touching the ground, the shiny green leaves opposite and the edges sawed. It has a yellow flower, which spreads on each end of the branching.

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Initially, widelia is often regarded as a disturbing plant, but now it is often used as an ornamental plant and used as a traditional medicine. Widelia's flowers contain triterpenoid compounds, and its leaf extract is potentially active as an antiplasmodium. The diseases that can be cured include insect bites, cut wounds, pus injuries, swelling, heat or fever, and itching.

Not only that, widelia leaves are brewed like tea is believed to help reduce flu symptoms accompanied by colds. Widelia plant stew can also be used to clean the placenta for women after childbirth. Boiled water stems and leaves can be used for bathing. Bathing using cooking water can remove muscle cramps, rheumatism, bruises, and back pain. In addition, widelia leaves can also help heal disease hepatitis, can launch urination, and digestion.

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<sup>1. Photo : MI4 smartphone camera
2. Source of writing : http://m.jitunews.com/read/18390/widelia-indah-bentuknya-ampuh-khasiatnya</sup>