the advantage of kapasan

Kapasan is found growing wild in open places on the land abandoned or shrubs or planted in gardens. Kapasan can be found at an altitude of 1-650 m above sea level. Shrubs, short-lived, grow upright, height 0.5 to 2.5 m. Stem round, their bases are generally woody, branching slightly, overgrown with coarse hair. Leaves single, long stemmed. Grooved leaf blade, bercangap, or share five very deep, jagged edge, pointed tip, heart-shaped base, pertulangan menjari, both surface rough-haired, 6-22 cm long, 5-20 cm wide, green. Single flower, bell-shaped, sized, out of the axillary, corolla 5 pieces, 3.5 to 10 cm long, yellow. Fruit box fruit, ovate, ribbed five, pointed, 5-8 cm long, hairy like the brush, if it is masa.k will open with 5 valves. Seed kidney-shaped, flat, hard, gray, striped smooth from base to tip, it smells fragrant. Kasturi seeds yield oil which is used as a mixture of cosmetics, rheumatism liniment, and a mixture of powder to soften the skin and skin rash drug. Kapasan can be propagated by seed.The main part used is root. In addition, seeds, leaves, and flowers are also efficacious as a medicine. Leaves and roots are used as fresh material.