Leucosyke capitellata (Poir.) Wedd.
Tooth Scrubber / Balik sumpah (Bru.); Teh kampung (M.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial or terrestrial shrub that can grow up to 8 m tall. Leaves are simple, alternately and spirally arranged, papery, rough, adaxially dark green, abaxially hairy and grayish. Leaf blade is elliptic, acuminate at apex, acute to obtuse at base with toothed margin and tri- veined. Inflorescence a head arising at leaf axils. Flowers are small. Fruit a subglobose dark green achene and
The whole herb is made into a decoction and orally taken to relieve headache and diabetes. Pounded leaves are applied externally as poultice for wounds and ulcers. The plant exhibits antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, anti-Inflammatory, antinociceptive, antidiarrheal, antihypertensive and wound
It thrives on swampy and muddy areas with brackish water. It prefers silt, clay and humus soil under full sunlight.
Seeds and rhizome division.
Ranging from Sri Lanka through to the west Pacific, South-East Asia, northwest and northeast Australia. It has been introduced to West Africa, Central America
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