Blumea sp

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

Kigdom           : Plantae

Phylum            : Tracheophyta

Classis             : Magnoliopsida         

Ordo                : Asterales

Familia            : Asteraceae

Genus              : Blumea

Species            : Blumea sp


Local Name
Sembung

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

Description

Blumea comprises about 50 species, most of which are confined to tropical Asia from Sri Lanka to China and the Malesian region, some extending to Africa in the west, Australia in the south, and the Pacific as far as Hawaii in the east. Some of the species reported from Africa may, however, well belong to other related genera. The majority of the species occur in South-East Asia, which seems the most likely centre of origin. Blumea is found throughout the Malesian region, with the Philippines being the richest with 19 species (4 endemics), followed by Indonesia with 18 (2 endemics), New Guinea with 13 (2 endemics) and Peninsular Malaysia with 6 species.

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

Herbs or shrubs, up to 4 m tall; stem simple or branched, erect to ascending, sometimes sprawling. Leaves alternate, simple, often pinnately lobed, linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, margin serrate, dentate or denticulate, base usually rounded to tapering, sessile or shortly petiolate, exstipulate. Inflorescence a discoid capitulum arranged in lax to compact corymbs or panicles or occasionally solitary; receptacle honeycombed, epaleate, glabrous or hairy; involucre campanulate to hemispherical, involucral bracts multiseriate, narrow, pubescent on the back, outer ones much shorter than inner ones. Flowers with a tubular corolla, often yellow, rarely white or pale purple; marginal flowers female, corolla filiform, 2-4-lobed, in several rows; disk flowers bisexual, corolla (4-)5-lobed, stamens (4-)5, alternating with the corolla lobes, tailed at base, ovary inferior, style exserted, bifid. Fruit an oblong achene, terete or obscurely 4-angled, with 5 or 10 ribs; pappus uniseriate, composed of numerous, slender, toothed bristles, white or yellowish-white to red. Seedling with epigeal germination; paracotyledons free, opposite; hypocotyl not elongated; first pair of leaves opposite, subsequent leaves alternate.

Benefit

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

A decoction of leaves or flowers of several Blumea species is used throughout the Malesian region to treat asthma, bronchitis and catarrhal affections in general. The leaf juice of several Blumea species is applied in various countries of the Malesian region to treat sores, boils, aphthae and sore eyes, probably due to its astringent properties. The leaves of B. balsamifera have been used in Chinese medicine since ancient times as a carminative, mild stimulant, vermifuge and as topical application for septic ulcers. In South-East Asia it is one of the most common and widely used medicinal plants for a number of ailments, mainly as a stomachic, antispasmodic, vermifuge and sudorific. In the Philippines, a diuretic and kidney-stone medicine is prepared commercially from B. balsamifera leaves. In Thailand, cigarettes containing the chopped, dried leaves are smoked to relieve the pain of sinusitis, whereas a decoction of fresh leaves, alone or in combination with other plant preparations, is used as a bath for women after childbirth and also for young children. In northern Vietnam leaves are also used as a medicinal condiment. A decoction of the roots of B. riparia is drunk to treat colic and the leaves and roots of B. arfakiana are similarly used in the treatment of stomach-ache. Furthermore, B. lacera is used in the treatment of haemorrhages and as an anthelmintic, febrifuge, deobstuent, diuretic and stimulant. B. lanceolaria is also used as a sudorific and applied externally as a poultice against rheumatism. The young leaves of B. arfakiana are eaten to treat anaemia

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