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Karet Kebo

Description

Plant a tree-shaped, long-lived (perenial), height can reach 20-30 m, steeproot, and have a white sap. Stem woody, cylindrical, dark brown color, smooth surface, irregular distribute branching to form a shady tree, the roots hanging out of the trunk or large branches that have a single leaf, stem, arranged alternate (alternate), oval (elliptica) , the tip and base of the taper (acuminatus), the edge of the flat, shiny surface (nitidus), on young trees leaf length + / - 35 cm, width + / - 15 cm, after the tree becomes the average adult length becomes smaller leaf length + / - 10-15 cm and width + / - 5-7 cm, young leaves are red after adult became dark green, young leaf buds covered with fetal membranes (ocrea) sharp cone-shaped pink flowers appear in the armpit leaves, dull red, pollination is highly dependent on one type of beetle Fruit ovate, length + / - 1 cm, greenish yellow Generative (seeds) and multiplication vegetative (separation).

Dr. B.C. Wolverton is the one who discovered that Karet Kebo plants really filter air pollutants. This plant also includes rows of indoor plants (ornamental plant room) that is able to filter the dirty air in the room, and blew a pure oxygen.

Useful :

• In herbal altenative medication
• Roots which have their uses for blood circulation, disappear painful (analgesic)

Benefit & Property :

• Blood cough meddicine
• Amplifier lust and facilitator of urine

# Contents Chemistry and Effects Farmakologis
Karet Kebo have a spicy flavour and is netral. Some of the chemicals contained in them Karet Kebo latex compounds such as rubber (latex). Pharmacological effect which is owned by a Karet Kebo including blood circulation and pain relief (analgesic).

# Propagation and Maintenance of Plant
Karet kebo Propagation can be done with stem cuttings. Karet kebo treated with a watered enough water, soil moisture is maintained, and fertilized with organic fertilizer.

# Part of Plant Used and Its Usage
Part of karet kebo roots can be used to cure some diseases as follows.

1. Ulcer
2. Stop menstruation in the reproductive age (amenorrhoea secondary)
3. Maag
4. Arthritic joints
   

Karet kebo come from India and grows wild or kept as an ornamental plant in the garden or planted in pots.
Its sap can be used for industrial raw materials called India rubber. Karet kebo derived from epiphytic plants or propagated by cuttings.
Based on the types of plants showed that plants
Dicotyledonous crops, represented by Karet kebo (Ficus elliptica) absorbs Pb
relatively higher.