Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.
Sweet Leaf / Congkok manis (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Terrestrial or perennial erect shrub of up to 3 m tall. Leaves are simple, alternately positioned, glabrous, thinly papery, dark green with grey patches adaxially and light green abaxially. Leaf blade is ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base with entire margin and pinnate venation. Stems are cylindrical. Flowers are small and reddish. Inflorescence in clusters produced at leaf axils. Fruit a purplish-red or white globose capsule.
Leaves are warmed over a flame and applied externally to stomach area to treat flatulence. Leaves and root parts are soaked in warm water as herbal bath to cure vaginal rash for women after childbirth. Fresh leaves are rubbed externally against swollen area to treat swollen legs. The plant is reported for its antidiabetic, antiprotozoal, antimalarial, antifungal, antimicrobial, antilarvicidal, cell
It prefers moist but well-drained soil under partial shade. It is commonly found on slopes, on rocky or waste grounds, along roadsides and in lowland areas.
Seeds and root division.
Native to tropical Asia and it has been naturalized in the warm
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