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Male Esldpagpon

Common Name : Hop Headed Barleria

Scientific name : Barleria lupulina Lindl.

Family Name : ACANTHACEAE

Other names : Esldpagpon, male, borneol, gold-rattled, lingering tongue (central Bangkok) 

Botanical characteristics: 

Esldpagpon is a shrub about 1 meter tall and has two to three pairs of long spikes.It is native to the Republic of Mauritius, located off the coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. And then spread to the neighboring countries and also brought into use and awakened various tropical lands. Around the world as well In Thailand, it can be found Esldpagpon in every region of the country. It may be found in the form of cultivation for use or as a weed.

Blaed : The leaves are single. They are arranged opposite each other in pairs. Characteristics of the lanceolate. Narrow oval with parallel edges The tip and the base of the leaf is pointed. The edge of the leaf is smooth. The leaves are about 2-3 cm wide and 7-9 cm long, the leaves are dark green, smooth leaf surface.

Flower : Flower chest is a cluster at the end of the branch. Each bouquet has 3-6 flowers, the petals are red-orange. The base of the petals is connected to a tube about 3-4 centimeters long. The tip is separated into 2 mouths, the lower lip and the upper lip. One flower has 5 petals. The petals are cylindrical. The second petal is green. The flower has 2 male stamens and the stamens are smooth, hairless. Flowering around October to January. (But often rarely bloom)

fruit : Is a dry and crackable fruit. (But the fruit has never been attached to a pod in Thailand) the nature of the fruit is round, oval, about 0.5 cm long, with short stalks, about 4 seeds within the fruit.

Benefits:

Thai drug book

The leaves are tasteless and cool to cure herpes zoster (using fresh leaves 1 handful each time, pounding thoroughly, insert a little borneol, apply or mix with liquor and then mask often. The area is) or pounding with liquor Squeezing drinking water, masking the skin, cure the palm abscess, cure hives, cure snakebite venom, cure erysipelas, cure the wound.

Fresh leaves 2-10 fresh leaves are crushed or pounded. Applied or masked Neutralize insect bites Bruises from a concussion. The wound is bleeding.The roots are tasteless, cold, rain and alcohol. 

Pharmacological effects :

Animal trials have shown that the leaves have anti-inflammatory effects.