Sunray is very useful and so important for life of whole creature. Plants, animals as well as human. Sketch of sun usually has shape as yellow circle with yellow flame its surroundings.Sketch of these sun that makes big yellow flower plants often called as sunflower. Named like that also because of other reason. Sunflower always to face on anywhere the sun is moving. At night, these flower be bent down, but at day, these flower to appears its face.
Purportedly, sunflower (Helianthus annus L) come from North America. In 1919, was planted in Java. These plants is prosperous in mountain range area, area that has enough dampness. These trees grows in down land plain get to the point of 1.500 meters above sea surface.
In many peoples opinion, these short lifespan annual herb plants as decorative plants only. Because of, its shape and colors is very attractive and has beautiful appearance.
These damp stalk plants grows upright with height from 1 to 3 meters. Whole surfaces plants has rugged skin’s stalk and hairy. Its green leaves has shapes like heart. For each flower, its size as large as a cup with crown like yellow ribbon on along of cup’s edge. On center of cup there is little flowers with brown tubes curved.
When impregnated, these little flowers becomes its black lined white seeds and to unites inside cup. When already ripe, these seeds is easy to be loosed from its cup. Nowadays, there are many peoples using its seeds for sunflower oil or just for salted dried sunflower seeds eaten as a snack.
There are many peoples who didn’t become conscious that sunflower has much peculiar properties behind its beautiful appearance. Its flowers contains quercimeritrin, helianthoside A-B-C, oleanolat acid and echinocystat acid. For its seeds, contains beta sitosterol, prostagladin E, chlorogenic acid, quinat acid, phytin, and 3-4 benzopyrine.
In each 100 grams sunflower oil, contains 100 total fat, that consist of 9,8 saturated fat and 11,7 unsaturated fat (oleat). There is 72,9 linoleat and no cholesterols as remainder.
All parts of these plants has peculiar properties. Its flowers has effects to decreases blood pressure and as an analgesic. Its seeds as anti dysentery substance. Its leaves has uses for anti inflame, anti malaria and analgesic. Its root has peculiar properties for urine emetic, cough potion and analgesic. While, its marrow stalk and its flowers has peculiar properties for stimulating vital energy, analgesic, calming liver and many more uses.
Using all parts of these plants can be in fresh or dried type. Outside using, these plants minced then adhered to the wound. For example, using for rheumatism, abscess and breast inflame.
Inside using, these plants boiled then drinked. Using marrow of its stalk and flowers contains hemicellulose substance that blocking sarchoma 180 and Ehrlich ascitic carcinoma at mouse. These marrow extract can smashing nitrosamine and can be used for prevention and digestion tumor therapy. But, for pregnant woman, it is strongly forbidden to drink these sunflower boiled water.
