Monday, October 29, 2012

Canna edulis


Canna plant is a kind of tuber-producing plants which are quite popular, but its sustainability is threatened because not many people who grow and consume. Canna tubers contain starch, although not as sweet potatoes. Canna is still closely related to kana ornamental. Another name for canna plants are root indian shot Queensland (UK). Canna (Javanese, Sundanese), fruit beads (Java), sweet bear (Sumatra), leaf beads, canna, banana sebiak (Malaysia).
Leaves
Canna including watering herb with a height of 1 to 3.5 meters. Growing up with a pseudo-stem red-brown. Large and branched rhizomes, 2.5 to 3.5 cm in diameter and located in the ground. Leaves large, oval or elliptical leaves with a pointed tip. Both sides hairless leaves with short stalks and dark green upper with red veins brown or reddish brown. Long leaf blade 15-60 cm wide and 7-20 cm. The edges of the leaves are thin and purple, while the bottom leaves of bright shiny. The flowers are red, the old men would split into three parts. Each section contains 3-5 seeds are round, hard, outer black, whereas the inside white.
Canna tubers
Her Nutrition for 100 grams of edible tubers, containing water 75 gram, 1 gram protein, 0.1 grams fat, 22.6 grams carbohydrates, Ca 21 milligrams (mg), P 70 mg, Fe 20 mg, vitamin B 0 , 1 mg, vitamin C 10 mg. Carbohydrates are composed of over 90% starch and 10% sugar (glucose and sucrose). Flour produced bright yellow with a large grain size (125-145 milimikron x 60 milimikron) irregular. Wheat is highly soluble and easy to digest. Once cooked, the starch becomes shiny and transparent.

Its efficacy for Antipyretics and diuretics. Tubers can cure several diseases, namely:
Thrush
Take 30 grams of canna bulbs, rhizomes meeting buffoonery 30 grams, 700 ml water, then boil all ingredients to a boil for 15 minutes. Drink warm 2 times a day.

Inflammation of the urinary tract
Take 49 grams of canna bulbs, cat whiskers leaves 30 grams, reed root 20 grams, 600 ml water, then boiled until boiling for 15 minutes, drink warm every morning and afternoon.

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