Kimpul / Purse (Xanthosoma violaceum Schoot)

Kimpul / Purse

Scientific Name
Xanthosoma violaceum Schoot
Region Name
Sundanese: purse
Java: Bentul, Linjik
North Halmahera: Dilago gogomo
Botany
Synonym: Xanthosoma nigrum (Veil.) Mansf.
Classification
Division: Spermatophyta
Sub Division: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledoneae
Nation: Arales
Tribe: Araceae
Surname: Xanthosoma
Type: Xanthosoma violaceum Schoot
Characteristics
Habitus: Herb, Annual, height + 2 m.
Trunk: Upright, not woody, rounded, forming tubers, white-brown.
Leaves: Single, heart shape, curved base, pointed tip, the flat, 25-75 cm long, 30-60 cm wide, green.
Interest: Tuna, cylindrical, in the armpit leaves, stems 20-30 cm, sodet form seludang flowers, white, stamens and pistils are arranged in hump, yellow.
Fruit: Buni, + 5 cm in diameter, green.
Seed: Round long, grooved lengthwise, green.
Roots: fibers, white.
Chemical Ingredients
Leaves and roots contain saponin and wallet flavonoida, besides the leaves also contain alkaloida and polyphenols.
Benefits
Tuber purse efficacious as ulcer pain medicine.
Ulcer drugs used to + 25 g wallet, washed and finely crushed and then applied to the part that ulcers and wrapped with a clean cloth.