Benefits of Zuriat Plant (Hyphaene thebaica)

 Description of Zuriat Plant

Zuriat plants are palm trees that usually live wildly in meadows and deserts. The Latin name of the zuriat plant is Hyphaene thebaica. While in English the zuriat plant has the name Doum palm, Gingerbread Tree. According to the history of the origin of this zuriat plant comes from the regions of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula then spread to various regions such as Mauritania, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Israel, Sinai, Yemen, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and various other regions. The characteristics of this zuriat plant has a large tree-shaped leafy palm tree with a fruit that is oval-brown. The function and usefulness of zuriat plants for some people is believed to be for the pregnancy program. But what we do not know turns out that this zuriat plant has other benefits that can cure some diseases that exist in the body.

Other Names of Zuriat Plants

Doum palm , Gingerbread Tree

Classification of Zuriat Plants

Kingdom: Plantae

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Superdivision: Spermatophyta

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: Arecidae

Order: Arecales

Family: Arecaceae

Genus: Hyphaene

Species: Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart.

Anatomy and Morphology of Zuriat Plants

Zuriat plant is one type of plant derived from the family of areca nut plants (Arecaceae). This zuriat plant can grow up to 17 m. The stem of the zuriat plant has a diameter of up to 90 cm, branches are to the top of the stem and have a large leaf file at the end of the branch. The skin of the zuriat plant is quite smooth, dark gray in color and bears the scars of fallen leaves. The stem of the leaves of the zuriat plant is about a meter long, envelops the branches at the base and is equipped with claws that curve up. The leaves of the zuriat plant are fan-shaped and measuring about 120 x 180 cm. Flowers of male and female zuriat plants are produced on separate trees. Inflorescences are similar in general appearance, up to about 1.2 m long, irregularly branched and with two or three spikes arising from each branchlet. The female tree produces a large woody fruit, each containing one seed, which remains on the tree for a long time. Zuriat plants can begin to bear fruit when about 6-8 years. Adult zuriat plants aged 6 -8 years can produce 50 kilos of fruit per year. This zuriat plant breeds using seeds. Habitat of zuriat plants in the tropics and subtropics in semi-arid areas at altitudes from sea level up to 1,400 meters, open meadows and deserts.

Zuriat Plant Parts Used

Fruits, roots and leaves

Zuriat Plant Content

Zuriat plants contain tannins, steroids, saponins, carbohydrates, glycosides, flavonoids, terpen, and terpinoids

Benefits and Properties of Zuriat Plants

- Zuriat plants are used to treat wounds.

- The roots of zuriat plants are used in the treatment of bilharzia disease.

- Fruit pulp is chewed to reduce high blood pressure (hypertension) and heart disease.

- Zuriat plants can increase white blood cells.

- The root is massaged in the chest to relieve chest pain.

- Zuriat plants are useful to treat diseases of the err.

- The roots of zuriat plants for the treatment of intestinal colic and inguinal hernias.

- Infusion of leaf fibers of zuriat plants is used as an eyewash for the treatment of conjunctivitis.

- The fruit of the zuriat plant is eaten for stomach pain medications and bladder infections.

- Zuriat plants for the treatment of diuretics, and root extracts are taken in case of blood in the urine.

Note

Consume this zuriat plant wisely and according to the measure.