Minnieroot (Ruellia tuberosa) - part 2

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#Dlium Kencana ungu or pletesan or popping pod or minnieroot (Ruellia tuberosa) is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae, an upright herb, up to 2 meters high and has many branches. The leaves are oval, with a pointed base, blunt tip, thin, flat surface, green, flat edges and pinnate veins.

R. tuberosa has leaves up to 13 cm long, 7 cm wide and stalks up to 4 cm long. Trumpet-shaped flowers, 4-5 cm in diameter and up to 6 cm long. The thin crown is purple or blue, five strands and fused downwards to form a tube.

The fruit is tubular with a pointed tip and 2-3 cm long. Young fruit is green, old fruit is brown. If the ripe fruit is exposed to water it will burst, detach and be thrown from the stalk. The seeds are round, flat and brown. Minnieroot uses taproots and tubers.

This plant contains active chemical compounds including alkaloids, triterpenoids, flavonoids, phenolics, saponins, coumarin and quinone dyes. Roots contains apigenin and luteolin. Seed oil contains myristic, capril and lauric acid.

Traditional treatment uses R. tuberosa as an antidiabetic, antipyretic, analgesic, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. The leaves are ground into paste and used to treat wounds, itching, insect bites, venereal disease, wounds, tumors and rheumatic complaints.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Ruellieae
Subtribe: Ruelliinae
Genus: Ruellia
Species: Ruellia tuberosa

Chinese (Simplified): 芦莉草
Chinese (Traditional): 塊根蘆利草
English: Popping pod, minnieroot, sheep potato, Kencana Ungu, Duppy Gun Shot, fever root, snapdragon root
Indonesian: Pletekan, Kencana Ungu
Jamaican Patois: Duppy Gun Shot
Kwéyòl: ti patat
Russian: Руэллия клубневая
Spanish: hierba del toro
Thai: ต้อยติ่ง
Hindi: मिनीरूट
Bengali: মিনিরুট
Portuguese: Minnie Raiz
Japanese: ミニールート
Turkish: Minik kök
Korean: 미니루트

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