Turi plants we find in many home gardens as an ornamental plant or in the streets as shade trees. This plant can grow in areas with altitudes below 1,200 meters above sea level.
Leaves, young pods and flowers of plants turi can be eaten as a vegetable. The flowers are white can also be steamed and eaten as pecel. Leaves and young branches contain lots of protein and can be used as fodder.
Turi plant that has red flowers commonly used as a medicinal plant. Turi part of the plant that can be used as a drug that is roots, flowers, leaves and bark.
The flowers are efficacious as a skin softener, Air and laxative. The leaves are efficacious for pain relief, laxative urine and liquefy blood clots. Bark is believed to reduce pain, vomiting stimulant, tonic and fever.