Hello amazing nature lovers,today I will share the experience of multiplying tasbih flowers (Canna lily) in a very easy way. Tasbih flower is one of the most popular flowers in Indonesia because it has beautiful flowers with a variety of colors and most importantly easy to develop and care for.
Tasbih flower is a forest flower that grows a lot in the highlands, but because it is easy to breed and care for, the tasbih flower began to be planted in lowland areas.
Tasbih plant taxonomy
To know more about tasbih flowers, here is the tasbih flower taxonomy:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberals
Family: Cannaceae
Genus: Canna
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because the tasbih flower has an "amazing" color, this flower is widely planted on the side of the road for beauty, the tasbih flower is also widely planted in the home page and also in the garden.
Tasbih plant morphology
Root part
The root of the tasbih plant is a hump-shaped rhizome with many fibrous roots.
Stem part
stem of the tasbih plant is a soft stem that grows upright and can reach a height of two meters, the stem is a fake stem because it is composed of overlapping leaf midribs, the plant stem is green and red. The plant with a yellow flower and pink has a green rod, while plants with bright red flowers or a combination of yellow and orange have maroon stems.
Leaf part
Tasbih plants have large and wide leaves, pinnate leaf bones with leaf surfaces having a smooth and shiny texture.a leaf is a single leaf that grows alternately.
Plant leaves with pink and yellow flowers have green leaves with green leaf edges.
while the leaves of plants with bright red flowers and orange have green leaves with red leaf margins.
Flower part
Tasbih flower plants are famous for their beautiful bright colors such as yellow, pink, orange, red, a combination of yellow and red and many other colors.
flowers are compound interest in the form of bunches.
Fruit and seed parts
Tasbih fruit is oval in shape with very soft spines on the outside, on the fruit there are seeds. The young fruit is green with white seeds and when it is old it is brown with brown seeds.
for plants with bright red flowers have red fruit.
how to propagate plants
Plant propagation can be done through old seeds by spreading the seeds over the soil surface, propagation can also be done by pulling out the roots for planting.
Maintenance
Tasbih plants do not need special care, because they can live in watery habitats and also habitats that contain little water, although tasbih plants have a main enemy, namely snails. This animal really likes the rhizome of the tasbih plant which has a sweet taste.
Tasbih plant benefits
The rhizome of the tasbih plant can be used as a fever medicine, hemorrhoid medicine, anti-cancer and can cure swelling of the liver, besides that the tasbih flower can cure swelling due to wasp bites. I remember when I was in junior high school, I was bitten by a wasp, it was very hot, so I rubbed a tasbih flower on the part that was bitten by a wasp and it healed immediately.
I hope there will be a lot of research on this tasbih plant, its sweet rhizome taste can be a source of carbohydrates if we can process it properly.
Thank you for reading my writing, let's re-green the beautiful earth by planting various plants that are useful for our lives.
I took all the photos with my realme GT master limited edition cellphone camera and Iphone 7 plus.
Best Regards
@umirais