Natural Spices in Indonesia
Indonesia is among the nation's largest spice producer in the world.Due to spice it up once in Indonesia was also invaded other countries. Actually what is the spice that?
Spices are aromatic plant parts or strong taste that is used in small quantities in food as a preservative or flavor enhancer in cooking.Spices are usually distinguished from other plants that are used for similar purposes, such as medicinal herbs, aromatic vegetables, and dried fruit.
Spices are the most valuable commodity in pre-colonial era. Many spices were used in the treatment, but now it is reduced.
Spices are one of the reasons why the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama reached India and the Moluccas. These spices are also causes Netherlands then followed to the Moluccas, while Spain under the command of Columbus have first to find the way to the East by another route and ended up landing in the Americas.
Did not know it was love, so the saying goes. Maybe just a lot of useful plants around us, but because it did not recognize its usefulness it becomes something that is not useful. Therefore, now let us know some Indonesian spices and medicinal plants.
• Cloves
• Pala
• Cinnamon
• Pepper
• Fennel
• Cardamom
• Cumin
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) including clump plant species that can have a big trunk and hardwood, clove able to survive tens and even hundreds of years, the height can reach 20 -30 meters and its branches is quite dense. The branches of the clove plant is generally long and filled with small twigs are easily broken. Crown or also commonly known as conic clove tree canopy.
Clove leaf green elongated oval-shaped with angled ends and panggkalnya, on average, have a wide size range 2-3 cm long and leaves without stalks range 7.5 -12.5 cm. Flowers and fruit will appear on clove leaf with the stalk end of the branch pendekserta bertandan. By the time young clove purplish color, then changes to yellow-green and turn again to pink when they are older. Keringakan clove being blackish brown and spicy taste because it contains essential oils.
Generally clove first time at age 4-7 years to bear fruit. Clove plants will grow well if sufficient water and direct sunlight. In Indonesia, cloves are planted fits well in lowland areas near the coast or in the mountains at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level.
Local name:
Clove (UK), Clove (Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese); Wunga Lawang (Bali), Cangkih (Lampung), Sake (Nias); Bungeu mace (Gayo), clutches (Bugis), Sinke (Flores); Canke (Edge view), Gomode (Halmahera, Tidore);
PALA
Trees, approximately 10 meters high, stems erect, woody, dirty white color, single leaf, oval shape, pointed tip and base, shiny green color. Panicle inflorescence shape, leaf out of the armpit.Spherical male flowers, the color yellow. Seeds small, ovoid, seed sheaths red, brown, black beans
Local name:
NAME Simplisia Myristicae Arillus, Macis; Flower Pala (the veil of fruit seeds) Myristicae Cement; Nutmeg. Myristicae Fructus Cortex; Rind Pala.
CINNAMON
The tree can reach 15 meters high. Woody stems and branches.Single leaf, lanceolate, pale red color of young leaves after the old green. Panicle inflorescence shape, leaf growing in the armpits, the color yellow. Buni fruit, young fruit is green and after the old black.The roots of riding.
Local name:
NAME Simplisia Cinnamomi Cortex, Cassia vera; Cinnamon (Padang), Cinnamon.
Annual herbaceous plants, climbing. Round rods, segmented, branched, having adhesive roots, dirty green color. Single leaf, oval, heart shape base, pointed tip, flat edge, 5-8 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, pertulangan pinnate, green color. Compound interest, the form of grains, hung, from 3.5 to 22 cm long, green color. Buni fruit, round, young fruit is green and red after the elderly.
Local name:
NAME Simplisia Piperis nigri Fructus; black pepper fruit. Piperis albae Fructus; White pepper fruit.
ADAS
Fennel is one of the herbs that are considered sernbilan berrnukjizat in Anglo-Saxon. In Indonesia have been cultivated and sometimes as herbs or medicinal plants. These plants can live from the lowlands to an altitude of 1,800 m above sea level, but will grow better in the highlands. Originally from Southern Europe and Asia, and because the benefits and many planted in Indonesia, India, Argentina, Europe, and Japan. Terna live long, height 50 cm - 2 m, growing merumpun. A family usually consists of 3-5 bars. Bluish green stem, grooved, segmented, hollow, fragrant smell when bruised. The location of the leaves alternate, compound pinnate with double two narrow fins, the shape of the needle, the tip of the base and tapering, flat edge, berseludang white, membranous sheath shaped with a top hat.
Structured as an umbrella flower inflorescence compound with 6-40 peduncle, peduncle length of the mother 5-1 0 em, panj 'ang peduncle 2-5 mm, yellow crown, out of the rod tip. Fruit oval, ribbed, length 6-10 mm, width 3-4 mm, green when young old green or chocolate brown rather slightly yellow-brown completely. However, fruit color varies depending on country of origin. Ripe fruit has a distinctive aromatic odor, if it tasted like camphor relative. Fennel and fennel oil yield, which is distilled basil fruit and fennel pollen is ripe and dry. There are two kinds of fennel oil, sweet and bitter.Both, are used in the pharmaceutical industry. Fennel is also used for flavor, or used as ingredients that improve the taste (corrigentia saporis) and medicinal herb scent. Normally fennel is used in conjunction with pulosari bark. Leaves can be eaten as a vegetable.Propagation by seed or plants with separate children.
Local name:
Hades (Sunda), anise, fennel Londa, fennel Landi (Java); Adhas (Madura), fennel (Bali), wala Wunga (Sumba).; Das spicy (Aceh), anise, fennel (Malay).; Adeh , manih (Minangkabau). paapang, paampas (Menado).; Popoas (Alfuru), denggu-denggu (Gorontalo); Papaato (Buol), porotomo (Baree). kumpasi (Sangir Talaud).; Adasa, rempasu (Napier), adase (Bugis).; Hsiao Hui (China), Phong karee, mellet karee (Thailand); Jintan Manis (Malaysia).barisaunf, madhurika (Ind. / Mr.).; Fennel, commaon fennel, sweet fennel, fenkel, Spiegel (I).;
Cardamom
Shrubs, annual grasses, approximately 1.5 meters high. Pseudo-trunked, rounded, forming tillers, green color. Single leaf, spread, shape lanceolate, sharp edge, flat edge length of 25-35 cm, 10-12 cm wide, pertulangan pinnate, green. Compound interest, form the base of the hump in the trunk, crown shape of a tube, approximately 12.5 mm long, white or yellowish white. Fruit box, round, grooved, white.
Local name:
Simplisia NAME: Amomi Fructus; Fruit Cardamom.
Cumin
Cumin (cuminum cyminum) in everyday life are often used for cooking. In addition, the cumin seeds are also used as a complement to traditional herb medicine. Cumin seeds have a fragrant aroma and attractive. Cumin can grow well in cool temperate areas, such as in northern India near the Himalayan mountains kiaki. In Indonesia even though it can grow, but generally not good. Cumin has a wooden stick and leaves arranged in a circle and overlap. Cumin leaves have leaf midrib like little twigs.Bentukdaun cumin sheet intangible, but more like the threads of rigid and short. Dominant color is green plants and flowers are small dark yellow stalk is supported by the rather long.
Local name:
White cumin (Indonesia), White Cumin (Java), Ginten (Bali); Cumin Bodas (Sunda), Jhinten Pote (Madura); Jeura engkut, white Jeura (Aceh), Cumin Pute (Bugis
Spices are aromatic plant parts or strong taste that is used in small quantities in food as a preservative or flavor enhancer in cooking.Spices are usually distinguished from other plants that are used for similar purposes, such as medicinal herbs, aromatic vegetables, and dried fruit.
Spices are the most valuable commodity in pre-colonial era. Many spices were used in the treatment, but now it is reduced.
Spices are one of the reasons why the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama reached India and the Moluccas. These spices are also causes Netherlands then followed to the Moluccas, while Spain under the command of Columbus have first to find the way to the East by another route and ended up landing in the Americas.
Did not know it was love, so the saying goes. Maybe just a lot of useful plants around us, but because it did not recognize its usefulness it becomes something that is not useful. Therefore, now let us know some Indonesian spices and medicinal plants.
• Cloves
• Pala
• Cinnamon
• Pepper
• Fennel
• Cardamom
• Cumin
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) including clump plant species that can have a big trunk and hardwood, clove able to survive tens and even hundreds of years, the height can reach 20 -30 meters and its branches is quite dense. The branches of the clove plant is generally long and filled with small twigs are easily broken. Crown or also commonly known as conic clove tree canopy.
Clove leaf green elongated oval-shaped with angled ends and panggkalnya, on average, have a wide size range 2-3 cm long and leaves without stalks range 7.5 -12.5 cm. Flowers and fruit will appear on clove leaf with the stalk end of the branch pendekserta bertandan. By the time young clove purplish color, then changes to yellow-green and turn again to pink when they are older. Keringakan clove being blackish brown and spicy taste because it contains essential oils.
Generally clove first time at age 4-7 years to bear fruit. Clove plants will grow well if sufficient water and direct sunlight. In Indonesia, cloves are planted fits well in lowland areas near the coast or in the mountains at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level.
Local name:
Clove (UK), Clove (Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese); Wunga Lawang (Bali), Cangkih (Lampung), Sake (Nias); Bungeu mace (Gayo), clutches (Bugis), Sinke (Flores); Canke (Edge view), Gomode (Halmahera, Tidore);
PALA
Trees, approximately 10 meters high, stems erect, woody, dirty white color, single leaf, oval shape, pointed tip and base, shiny green color. Panicle inflorescence shape, leaf out of the armpit.Spherical male flowers, the color yellow. Seeds small, ovoid, seed sheaths red, brown, black beans
Local name:
NAME Simplisia Myristicae Arillus, Macis; Flower Pala (the veil of fruit seeds) Myristicae Cement; Nutmeg. Myristicae Fructus Cortex; Rind Pala.
CINNAMON
The tree can reach 15 meters high. Woody stems and branches.Single leaf, lanceolate, pale red color of young leaves after the old green. Panicle inflorescence shape, leaf growing in the armpits, the color yellow. Buni fruit, young fruit is green and after the old black.The roots of riding.
Local name:
NAME Simplisia Cinnamomi Cortex, Cassia vera; Cinnamon (Padang), Cinnamon.
Annual herbaceous plants, climbing. Round rods, segmented, branched, having adhesive roots, dirty green color. Single leaf, oval, heart shape base, pointed tip, flat edge, 5-8 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, pertulangan pinnate, green color. Compound interest, the form of grains, hung, from 3.5 to 22 cm long, green color. Buni fruit, round, young fruit is green and red after the elderly.
Local name:
NAME Simplisia Piperis nigri Fructus; black pepper fruit. Piperis albae Fructus; White pepper fruit.
ADAS
Fennel is one of the herbs that are considered sernbilan berrnukjizat in Anglo-Saxon. In Indonesia have been cultivated and sometimes as herbs or medicinal plants. These plants can live from the lowlands to an altitude of 1,800 m above sea level, but will grow better in the highlands. Originally from Southern Europe and Asia, and because the benefits and many planted in Indonesia, India, Argentina, Europe, and Japan. Terna live long, height 50 cm - 2 m, growing merumpun. A family usually consists of 3-5 bars. Bluish green stem, grooved, segmented, hollow, fragrant smell when bruised. The location of the leaves alternate, compound pinnate with double two narrow fins, the shape of the needle, the tip of the base and tapering, flat edge, berseludang white, membranous sheath shaped with a top hat.
Structured as an umbrella flower inflorescence compound with 6-40 peduncle, peduncle length of the mother 5-1 0 em, panj 'ang peduncle 2-5 mm, yellow crown, out of the rod tip. Fruit oval, ribbed, length 6-10 mm, width 3-4 mm, green when young old green or chocolate brown rather slightly yellow-brown completely. However, fruit color varies depending on country of origin. Ripe fruit has a distinctive aromatic odor, if it tasted like camphor relative. Fennel and fennel oil yield, which is distilled basil fruit and fennel pollen is ripe and dry. There are two kinds of fennel oil, sweet and bitter.Both, are used in the pharmaceutical industry. Fennel is also used for flavor, or used as ingredients that improve the taste (corrigentia saporis) and medicinal herb scent. Normally fennel is used in conjunction with pulosari bark. Leaves can be eaten as a vegetable.Propagation by seed or plants with separate children.
Local name:
Hades (Sunda), anise, fennel Londa, fennel Landi (Java); Adhas (Madura), fennel (Bali), wala Wunga (Sumba).; Das spicy (Aceh), anise, fennel (Malay).; Adeh , manih (Minangkabau). paapang, paampas (Menado).; Popoas (Alfuru), denggu-denggu (Gorontalo); Papaato (Buol), porotomo (Baree). kumpasi (Sangir Talaud).; Adasa, rempasu (Napier), adase (Bugis).; Hsiao Hui (China), Phong karee, mellet karee (Thailand); Jintan Manis (Malaysia).barisaunf, madhurika (Ind. / Mr.).; Fennel, commaon fennel, sweet fennel, fenkel, Spiegel (I).;
Cardamom
Shrubs, annual grasses, approximately 1.5 meters high. Pseudo-trunked, rounded, forming tillers, green color. Single leaf, spread, shape lanceolate, sharp edge, flat edge length of 25-35 cm, 10-12 cm wide, pertulangan pinnate, green. Compound interest, form the base of the hump in the trunk, crown shape of a tube, approximately 12.5 mm long, white or yellowish white. Fruit box, round, grooved, white.
Local name:
Simplisia NAME: Amomi Fructus; Fruit Cardamom.
Cumin
Cumin (cuminum cyminum) in everyday life are often used for cooking. In addition, the cumin seeds are also used as a complement to traditional herb medicine. Cumin seeds have a fragrant aroma and attractive. Cumin can grow well in cool temperate areas, such as in northern India near the Himalayan mountains kiaki. In Indonesia even though it can grow, but generally not good. Cumin has a wooden stick and leaves arranged in a circle and overlap. Cumin leaves have leaf midrib like little twigs.Bentukdaun cumin sheet intangible, but more like the threads of rigid and short. Dominant color is green plants and flowers are small dark yellow stalk is supported by the rather long.
Local name:
White cumin (Indonesia), White Cumin (Java), Ginten (Bali); Cumin Bodas (Sunda), Jhinten Pote (Madura); Jeura engkut, white Jeura (Aceh), Cumin Pute (Bugis
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