Dayak Onion (Eleutherine palmifolia (L.) Merr)

Dayak Onion (Eleutherine palmifolia (L.) Merr) is a special crop Central Kalimantan. This plant has for generations used the Dayak community as a medicinal plant. This plant has rooted red color with ribbon-shaped green leaves and white flowers. Dayak onions originated in the United Tropik but in Indonesia have long cultivated. Re kept as ornamental plants, then transformed into wild plants. Abound in the mountains between 600 up to 1500 m above sea level, for example on-farm plantations of tea, quinine and rubber, as well as on the streets. This plant prefers open places with humus-rich soil and moist enough. To plant commonly used source. Dayak onion in Java seldom bear fruit and kept as ornamental plants . This plant is easily cultivated, cultivation is not in season and within 2 to 3 months after planting already harvested.

Botanical classificationThe names of plants Dayak onions are:Kingdom: PlantaeDivision: SpermatophytaSub Division: AngiospermaeClass: MonocotyledonaeOrder: LilialesFamily: IridaceaeGenus: EleutherineSpecies: Eleutherine palmifolia Merr.This plant has a name Eleutherine palmifolia kind Merr. and a name synonymous Eleutherine plicata Herb. and Eleutherine americana (Aubl.) Merr.District Name

Grandfathers onions are commonly known in Indonesia by the name of the ship onions and wild onion in the Bulletin Malesiana Flora . In addition to general plant onions Grandfathers name also has several regional names namely onions Grandfathers (Palangkaraya, Samarinda); onions ghost / kambe (Dayak); onions sabrang, babawangan beureum, onions siyem (Sunda); brambang sabrang, luluwan beef, sabrang Puzzle (Java); onions distant (Malay) and onion lubak (Punan Lisum).

Plant Morphology

This plant has many varieties with diverse shapes and types such as onion, garlic and a variety of other types of onions. Specific features of this plant are bright red root crops with a very smooth surface. Place the leaves in pairs with double fins leaf composition. Type line bone leaf margin in line with the smooth and shaped ribbon-shaped leaves form a line. Besides being used as a medicinal plant crops can also be used as an ornamental plant because of beautiful flowers with alluring white color.

These plants form a merumpun chronic terna very strong, eventually the large clumps. High only reached 26 to 50 cm. The stem grows upright or bow, cone-shaped bulbous and red color. The leaves are of two kinds, namely the perfect tape-shaped with pointy end of it, while others shaped leaves resemble sticks. The flowers form a single flower, white in color, found in the armpit-armpit leaves, the flower clumps ranging from 4 to 10 flowers. The flowers bloom by late afternoon, at 5 to 7 hours of afternoon and then close back. Fruit ellipsoid with its box-shaped recessed the end of it. When ripe split into 3 cavities filled with numerous seeds. Form the seed round or nearly square eggs. Tubers resemble shallots but it does not smell.

Chemical content

Dayak onion crops have phytochemicals among other alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, phenolics, steroids and tannins that are a source of nutrients biofarmaka potential to be developed as a modern medicinal plants for human life. Alkaloids are organic compounds that contain nitrogen as part of a heterocyclic. Even compounds alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides and saponins have hypoglycemic activity or lowering blood glucose levels are very beneficial for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, but no alkaloids can function as anti-microbial. While there is tannin content can be used as a stomach ache remedy.

Traditional use and effects of Pharmacology

Dayak are empirically onion local community as a drug used various kinds of diseases such as breast cancer, high blood pressure-lowering medication (hypertension), diabetes (diabetes mellitus), lowering cholesterol, medication ulcers, colon cancer and stroke prevention. Dayak can use onions used in fresh form, simplicia, confectionery and in powder form (powder). Dayak onion potential as a medicinal plant very large multi-function needs to be increased its use as an ingredient of modern medicine.

Broth or noticed its source is known to have all sorts of nutrients. Grass-roots below ground elongated oval-shaped and red is used as diureticum (laxative bladder), purgans (laxative) and missiles vomiting. Tubers roasted or boiled water that is used as remedy for jaundice and sexually transmitted diseases. Pounded the grass with fennel pulasari, used as a remedy for diarrhea blood, boiling water as a potion inside. The leaves are crushed with other ingredients spiked drunk to women childbirth. Grass (single) to cure dysentery. Soup made by boiling red grass with chicken can be used to increase red blood cells. Root boiled in water and used for bathing / immersion newborns with jaundice.

As a cancer drug by dry grass and chewing. While the resultant benefits Dayak onions and ginger, nutritious food to improve stamina / vitality, strengthen the resilience of sperm. Treat low back pain, urine and overcome launch bronchitis and cough. If mixed with sadaguri and kencur, this Dayak onion nutrition can treat intestinal inflammation, heartburn, constipation, hepatitis and liver. Dayak onion is even if mixed with an identity netherlands and nutritious sleigh to lose weight or losing weight (obesity) and lower in fat. For women, these onions can also be beneficial as a sari rapet if mixed with chili Java. Also beneficial to overcome interference childbirth, clean uterus, vagina tighten, tighten your stomach and reduce the fat and so on. Herbal onion outstanding Dayak especially in Samarinda has got permission in any form of POM station Jakarta.

Dayak onion crops combined with other herbs proven to overcome the many other complaints of prostate disease, cancer cysts, breast / uterine, menstrual disorders, gout, muscle & joint pain (arthritis), low back pain, dyspepsia (pain, nausea, bloating), intestinal inflammation, ulcer, gastritis, and hepatitis lever disorders, urinary disorders (not smooth, pain /-Anyang Anyang, blood), diabetes, hypertension, obesity (overweight), sexual harassment (erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, lack of desire), astma / bronkhitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, mumps, liming, retards aging and rejuvenation of cells and metabolism in the body, stamina, and vitality (sports / work), immune system, as well as nutritious as anti-infection, anti-bacterial, anti-bacterial , anti-inflammatory and cleansing the blood.