PEPANGGIL/PAGODA FLOWER

NAMA HERBA: Pepanggil, Pokok Pagoda

NAMA SAINTIFIK: Clerodendron Paniculatum

FAMILI: Verbenaceae

BOTANI:

Bunga pepanggil cantik dan menarik. Bunganya bergugus serta bertingkat-tingkat berwarna nerah hampir serupa dengan bunga semarak api. Bezanya ia tidak mempunyai janggut panjang. Daunnya lebar berbentuk tiga layang dan bertangkai panjang. Daunnya warna hijau tua pekat berkilat. Urat daunnya ada yang bertemu dan ada yang tidak. Tumbuh meliar di kawasan redup ketinggian 6 - 8 kaki.

KEGUNAAN

Daunnya digunakan sebagai pelapik bagi melegakan senak perut. Ubat cuci perut anak yang kecacingan.

English version

Name of Herb: Pepanggil, Pagoda Plant

Scientific name: Clerodendron Paniculatum

Family: Verbenaceae

BOTANY

The pagoda flower or pepanggil (Bahasa Melayu) is an erect, open semiwoody shrub with large evergreen leaves and huge showy clusters of orange-red or scarlet flowers held above the foliage. The plant sometimes has many stems and gets 6 - 8 ft tall. Oppositely arranged ovate leaves have heart shaped bases; lower leaves are lobed and upper leaves entire. The flowers are small, funnel shaped with long tubes. The flowers form a pyramid shaped cluster like a pagoda.

USES

The plant are said help relieve inflammation, ulcers, wounds, stomaches and skin diseases. It is also used as traditional medicine for deworming.