The breech flower is a plant that is one of six species in the genus Gloriosa (Colchicaceae tribe). This plant is commonly found in the archipelago archipelago, creeping with tubers that can survive in dry conditions. Breast flower tubers are poisonous as well as efficacious treatment.
This plant is said to be breech flower due to flower jewelry, pistil and thread that duck down while the crown flower upwards so that it looks like a breech or upside down from the morphology of flowers usually.
In Indonesia, this plant is also known as jonggrang flower, tiger claws (Jakarta), katongkat, mandalika (Bali), breech flower (Sunda).
The breech flower comes from the tropics of Asia and Africa. The plant is very fond of open places exposed to full sun. Breeding plants grow wild in the bush and teak forests.
This plant is usually used as ornamental plants of the yard because the flowers are brightly colored and shaped typical.
Toxicology:
All parts contain kolkisina and some of its derivatives, but the roots and tubers have the greatest concentration. In contact with this plant fluid can cause skin irritation. A tenth of the root of the breech flower can kill an adult.
