THE FLOWER STRUCK FOUR

The annual herb, erect, high 20 cm - 80 cm, came from South America, often was buried by the person as decorative plants in the yard or as fence restraint of the house. Grow in the plain that was enough to get the sun rays and in the area of hills. Including the ethnic group kampah-kampahan, stick wet, his leaves had the shape of the heart, the dark green colour, long 2 cm - 11 cm, wide 8 mm - 7 cm, the leaves starting point became round, the tip to become acute, the level leaves bank, the face-to-face location, had the stem of the leaves that the length 6 mm - 6 cm. His flower had the shape of the trumpet, with many colour sorts, in part: red, white, orange, yellow, the combination/the spot- the spot. Blossomed in time in the afternoon and the re-bud in the morning gazed at the dawn. Him was hard, the black colour, had the shape of the egg, could be made the powder. His roots skin was brown blackness, the round form to lengthen, long 7 cm - 9 cm with the diameter 2 cm - 5 cm, the contents of the coloured roots white.

The Lokal name:

the Flower struck four (Indonesia, Sumatra),; the morning Flower in the afternoon, the small time flower (Sumatra); Kederat, segerat, tegerat (Java), Kupa oras, cako raha (the Moluccas); flowers paranggi, flowers parengki (Sulawesi); Strike ampa, turaga, bodoko sina, the tits flower what (Sulawesi); Zi Mo li (China). ;

Medicine for:

the Almond (Tonsilis), the urethra Infection, Diabetes; Urine was fatty, Whitish, Erosi of the uterus mouth, Reumatik,;