Kunci Pepet(Kaemferia rotunda L.)

Description:
Key pepet or white turmeric is often called "white turmeric or Curcuma alba", a latin name wrong. Because the leaves have the character of beautiful and high growth is not so sosoknya resemble ornamental plants, so often planted in the yard or in the pot. Key pepet can also be found growing wild in some places in the eastern part of Java to a height of less than 750 m dpl. In addition to use as a mixture of traditional herbal medicine, the key pepet also often used for traditional cosmetics. There are two key phases of growth pepet. The first is called vegetative phase, the growth of normal as usual with all leaves and stem. The second, the generative phase. At this phase is visible only interest-only interest. This plant is located on the plains with low elevation of less than 750 m dpl. Many found in Sumatra and Java. In addition, also found in India, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Terna annual 30-70 cm high with this growing merumpun with pseudo-stem which grows from rimpangnya. Single leaf, leaf blade lancet-shaped, 20-30 cm long, 7,5-10 cm wide, spire, base berpelepah, flat edge, light green color with the center have the character of the color brown. Rimpang flowers out of the trunk with a very short cast. Can gather flowers grow, bloom often several at a time bud, young reddish purple color. Root rimpang beefy shape that is not too large, namely seukuran eggs puyuh. Rimpang exit from the main root-root of the rough edges there is a watery Anakan rimpang appear to grow and gather cover rimpang parent.

The disease can be treated:
Rimpang bitter taste, are cool. Antiradang nutritious, peluruh flatus (karminatif), and accelerate wound healing.