star fruit wuluh (averrhoa bilimbi l. )

star fruit wuluh (averrhoa bilimbi l. )

little tree, tall achieve 10 meters with stick not so big and has only around 30 cm that often called by the name of star fruit wuluh

(averrhoa bilimbi l. ). that tree is many is planted as fruit tree, or even only as peneduh yard. sometimes the existence likes wild plant, and found at lowland until 500 meters from sea level.

at amount of region, local society called it by the name of other. at for example acheh, society know it by the name of limeng, selimeng, or thlimeng. then at gayo, the name much the same to, that is selemeng. at batak has three terms: asom, star fruit, and balimbingan.

at nias named malimbi, and at minangkabau called balimbieng. except at sawu (named libi) and at sangi (sulphur), that tree has name almost resembles, that is sour star fruit (at malay), balimbing (float), calincing and balingbing (sundanese), blimbing wuluh (java), bhalingbhing feather (madura), blingbing buloh (balinese), limbi (bima), and balimbeng (flores).

tree that come from that tropical america stays in family oxalidaceae. he wishes for place grows is not shaded and more fit in place moist. star fruit wuluh has black and blue coarse stick, branching a little, inclined the direction to on.

soft hirsute young branch likes velvet and coloured young chocolate. the leaf shaped compound leaf, menyirip odd, with total around 21 until 45 pairs of leaf child. leaf child bertangkai short, its for oval until jorong, pointed end, base membundar, flat side, long 2-10 cm, wide 1-3 cm, green colour, and surface under young green coloured. perbanya tree is done by penyemaian seed and transplant.

tree flower shaped malai, group, and out from stick or big branching. florid purple coloured radiant little the flower. oval globular the fruit bersegi longly 4-6,5 cm; when is have water ripe chartreuse the colour, many and likely sour. oval the seed form and gepeng.

with chemical composition memilikinya, star fruit wuluh be plants multiguna. he has chemical character and effect farmakologis friendly, that is sour taste and cool. cause the loss of ill (analgetik), reproduce gall expenditure, antiradang, peluruh urinate, astringent. the stick contains saponin, tanin, glucoside, calcium oksalat, sulphur, sour format, and peroksidase; while the leaf contains tanin, sulphur, sour format, peroksidase, calcium oksalat, and citrate potassium.

syrup and medicine

because sour the fruit taste, often used as refresher syrup or ingredient penyedap dish. sometimes also maked use to clean stain in cloth, mengilap made goods, clean dirty hand, with not lag membudidayakan upon which tradisional medicine.

in the case of tradisional therapy, star fruit wuluh used to overcome cough disease, canker (stomatitis), ill stomach, mumps (parotitis), rheumatism, whooping, gum bleeds, canker, perforated toothache, acne, blotch, high blood pressure (hypertension), stupefaction, digestion function disturbance, and inflamed rektum.

in that therapy, part that maked use leaf, flower, and fruit. flower is used to cure cough and canker (stomatitis); leaf for stomachache, mumps (parotitis) and rheumatism; and fruit for whooping, gum bleeds, canker, perforated toothache, acne, blotch, high blood pressure, stupefaction, digestion function disturbance, with inflamedly rektum.

if we like to prove the merit, please. for use outside formerly, for example, take leaf sufficient. after washed clean, mill up to soft until like porridge. wear sebagal poultice (local use) in mumps, reumatik, acne or blotch. meanwhile recipe drinks, can be maked use to cure whooping.

take 10 fruit washed then threshed soft, kneaded with two salt water tablespoon, then filtered. drink twice a day. manner other, star fruit fruit wuluh made sweets, a day eat 3 x 6-8 fruit.