Kingdom: PlantaeDivisio: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledoneae
Ordo: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae (sin. Palmae)
Genus: Borassus
Siwalan (Borassus flabellifer L.), was known by the name of threw or tal was a kind of palm that grew in South Asia and South-East Asia. This tree especially grew in dry areas. In Indonesia, siwalan especially growing on the east of the Javanese island, Madura, Bali, the West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara.
Description:
The tree siwalan very strong and firm high reached 15 – 30 metre. With the diameter of the stick around 60 cm, siwalan had the big leaves, was gathered on the end of the stick formed the editorial that became round. The sheet of the leaves took the form of the round fan has diameter through to 1,5 metre. The stem of the leaves has long 1 metre, with pelepah that was wide and black on the top, the side of the stem with the row of the pointed thorn of two.
Siwalan had the flower article in tongkol 20-30 cm with the stem around 50 cm. him gathered in the stem could reach 20 items with the round form of bullets has diameter 7 – 20 cm. him was black brownish it skin and yellow meat him when old.
Function:
It leaves were used as the diligence material and the writing media of the text threw. Handicrafts that were made from the leaves threw including being the fan, the mat, the hat, various baskets, fabric for clothes and sasando, the traditional musical instrument in Timor.
Wood from the stick threw the high-quality exterior good, heavy, hard and coloured blackness. This wood was often used by the person as the building materials or to make equipment and the handicraft
Siwalan was eaten that was the source of the carbohydrate took the form of sucrose, glucose and air. the level of protein and it fat was very low was supervised by 1%, as well as a little fibre.
Siwalan water that often was used as medical treatment water. The community mentioned him with Legen (palm juice water). It water could cure the thrush illness, it method only by drinking him in hot illness time in attacked. Not only that, Legen also could cure heterogenous the organ illness in like stroke, the liver, cancer and diabetes. was enough to drink a glass water of morning legen and in the afternoon all the illnesses fell.
Siwalan had the flower article in tongkol 20-30 cm with the stem around 50 cm. him gathered in the stem could reach 20 items with the round form of bullets has diameter 7 – 20 cm. him was black brownish it skin and yellow meat him when old.
Function:
It leaves were used as the diligence material and the writing media of the text threw. Handicrafts that were made from the leaves threw including being the fan, the mat, the hat, various baskets, fabric for clothes and sasando, the traditional musical instrument in Timor.Wood from the stick threw the high-quality exterior good, heavy, hard and coloured blackness. This wood was often used by the person as the building materials or to make equipment and the handicraft
Siwalan was eaten that was the source of the carbohydrate took the form of sucrose, glucose and air. the level of protein and it fat was very low was supervised by 1%, as well as a little fibre.
Siwalan water that often was used as medical treatment water. The community mentioned him with Legen (palm juice water). It water could cure the thrush illness, it method only by drinking him in hot illness time in attacked. Not only that, Legen also could cure heterogenous the organ illness in like stroke, the liver, cancer and diabetes. was enough to drink a glass water of morning legen and in the afternoon all the illnesses fell.
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