Seligi

Overview

Seligi is native to Indonesia, which has long been traditionally used as a medicine that is often used as a hedge plant. In Indonesia, found in Java to the Lesser Sunda Islands and Kalimantan. 

Vernacular Names

Seligi

Agroecology

This plant grows in moist soil. Seligi can growwell at a maximum altitude of 2,000 m above sea level.

Morphology

• Roots - tap root, with colour light brown.
• Stems - erect, woody, round, branched,rough surface and brown.
• Leaves - compound, encircling the stem,shiny, ovate, pointed tip, blunt base, flatedge, and green.
• Flowers - single, in the axillary of theleaflets, short-stemmed, stamens short andyellow, the pistil is not clear, the crown istubular, the tip is rounded, yellow. 
• Fruits - round, has 5-6 spaces, 5-10 mm indiameter, still young green, ripe brown. 

Cultivation

Propagate plants by vegetative (stem cuttings)or generative (seeds). 

Chemical Constituents

Flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, saponins,quinones, triterpenoid, steroids, and polyphenols. 

Traditional Medicinal Uses

• As an immunomodulator and can be used as an analgesic in sprained joints.
• Reduce pain and swelling in joints.
• Antiinflammatory and antipyretic.
• Traditionally used as a pain-relieving drug for treating sprains and rheumatism.