Chromolaena odorata

good afternoon, dear hive friends, wherever you are, I hope you are in good health and have a nice day, see you again zulfanies on the occasion of this afternoon I want to share some flower portraits, namely the Chromolaena odorata flower. This plant is one of the plant species belonging to the asteraceae family, this chromolaena odorata flower also has several names such as Siam weed, Christmas Bush, and Common floss flower.

This plant first comes from North America, Florida, Texas, Mexico, and the Caribbean and is widespread in tropical Asia, West Africa, and parts of Australia. These plants are usually used for traditional medicine because they can cure various diseases, such as malaria, gonorrhea, rheumatism and so on. This plant has woody stems and has free branches with lateral development and passes from below the old stem shoots are brown while the tips and young shoots are green, the root system in this plant is fibrous and penetrates less than 20-30cm into the soil, while the flowers of this plant white or pale bluish-purple. While the seeds in this weed are small with a length of 3+5mm, a width of 1mm and a weight of approximately 2.5mg.

This plant is one of the plants that is rich in benefits because in this plant several important compounds are found such as terpenoids, odoratin, acacetin, isosakuranetin, dillenetin, and so on. It is these important compounds that make this plant have a variety of benefits, one of which is that it can be used as an antimicrobial. Chromolaena odorata is indeed one of the plants that is famous for its benefits in traditional medicine, this plant has been used for years and its efficacy is guaranteed, besides acting as a good antioxidant, this plant also has other benefits, namely as an antimicrobial. of the ethanol extract in the plant.

Another benefit of this plant is that it can help heal various types of wounds such as burns, soft tissue wounds, inflammation to wound infections. that's a little explanation from me about the Chromolaena odorata plant and some of its benefits, I hope all of you like it. Thank you very much for visiting my blog today, those are some portraits of the Chromolaena odorata plant and a little explanation about it, see you the next day with a different portrait