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Orthosiphon aristatus or known as cat's whiskers plant of the family Lamiaceae include / Labiatae. This plant is one of the medicinal plants native to Indonesia which has benefits and uses quite a lot in coping with the disease.
Java Tea is a medicinal plant in the form of wet trunked plants upright. This plant is known by various terms such as: kidney tea plants / java tea (UK), giri-giri angry (Sumatra), remujung (Central Java and East Java) and songot koneng (Madura). Plant Java Tea is derived from the tropical regions of Africa, then spread to Asia and Australia.

Name of the area;

Cat's whiskers (Malay - Sumatra), cat whiskers (Sunda), remujung (Java), a salaseyan, songkot koceng (Madura).

The characteristics;

Cats whiskers including upright herb, the roots at the bottom of his books and up to 2 meters. Stems quadrangular slightly grooved short haired or bald. Leaves strands or lojong round, oblong, round eggs or split diamond that starts from the base, the size of the long leaves 1 - 10cm and width 7.5mm - 1.5cm. leaf veins along the edge of a thin hairy or bald, wherein the second surface mottled because of the massive number of nodes, petiole length 7 - 29cm. Characteristic of existing plants in the glandular petals, veins and short haired and rarely base while at the very top bare. Flowers lips, which is a terminal crown in the form of bunches coming out of the ends of the branches with a length of 7-29 cm, with a length of 13 - 27mm, at the top is covered by short hair purple and then to white, tube length 10 - 18mm, length lip 4.5 - 10mm, flower strands blunt, round. Stamens longer than the tube size and the interest rate exceeds the upper lip. Fruit Geluk dark brown, length 1.75 - 2mm. 2.3. hairy butt short and sparse, length 1 mm to 6 mm.

Distribution;

Distribution of cat whiskers are in:
Asia-temperate climate
China: China - Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan
East Asia: Taiwan
Asian-Tropical Climate
Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos; Myanmar; Thailand, Vietnam
Malesia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Australia: Australia: Australia - Queensland

Usefulness empirically;

Leaves wet or dry cat whiskers are used as coping with the disease. In Indonesia, the leaves are dried is used (crude drug) as a drug that expedite expenditure of urine (diuretic), while in India to treat rheumatism. Community use cat whiskers as traditional medicine as a cough cure rheumatism, colds and constipation. Besides, the leaves of this plant are also useful untu treatment of kidney inflammation, kidney stones, diabetes, albuminuria, and syphilis disease., Rheumatism, and lower blood glucose levels.
As well as being a diuretic, cat whiskers is also used as an antibacterial.

Growth;

Climate;

1) Rainfall ideal for the growth of this plant is over 3,000 mm / year.
2) With full sun with no shade. Shade will reduce levels of leaf extract.
3) The state of the air temperature is good for plant growth are the heat to medium.

Media and Planting;

1) These plants can be easily grown in farms, should be selected for the production of loose soil, fertile, many containing humus / organic matter to the water system and good air.
2) Land Latosol Andosol and very good for the cultivation of the cat's whiskers.
Elevation ;
The optimum altitude plants cat whiskers 500-1200 m above sea level.

Pests and diseases;

Pests;

So far, there are no pests or diseases that really ruin the cat's whiskers plant. Pests are often found leaf aphids and caterpillars.

Disease;

The disease is caused by a fungus that attacks the messenger (Upsia salmonicolor or Corticium salmonicolor). This fungus attacks the stem or branches of woody plants. Control is done with improved water management, improve hygiene garden, cut the affected part, crop rotation and selective pesticide spraying.

Weeds;

Weeds that grow on land cropping cat whiskers is quite varied and most of the weed species such as orchard grass puzzles, lulangan, ageratum, reeds and other grasses

Control of pests / diseases organically;

Just like the other herbs that control pests / diseases on crop organically cultivated cat whiskers over IPM (integrated pest management). These include farming system will intercropping can inhibit pests / diseases. For weed control should be carried out manually by means of weeding as described above. However, if required can be applied spraying with insecticide or pesticide plant. Some of the plants that can be used as a pesticide plant and used in pest control include:
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is a contact insecticide containing nicotine to a toxic fumigant or stomach. Applications for such small insects Aphids.
Piretrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) containing pyrethrin, which can be used as a systemic insecticide that attacks the nerve center of the application by spray. Applications on insects such as houseflies, mosquitoes, fleas, pests warehouses, and fruit flies.
Tuba (Derris elliptica and Derris malaccensis) containing rotenone to contact insecticides formulated in the form of blowing and spray.
Neem tree or neem (Azadirachta indica) containing azadirachtin are quite selective operation. Applications are particularly toxic to insects such as leafhoppers and insect pests chewers like leaf roller (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis). This material is also effective to cope with respiratory syncytial virus attacks, GSV and Tungro.
Jicama (Pachyrrhizus erosus) that seeds contain pakhirizida rotenoid that can be used as insecticides and larvicides.
Jeringau (Acorus Calamus), which contains the main components asaron rhizomes and is usually used to poison insects and fungi exterminator and pest Callosobrocus warehouse. Thank you for reading this article.
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DatePublished: December 19, 2013 at 19:16

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