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Thursday, June 23, 2016

IT'S OUR CAT WHISKERS...


Hey look...lots of white flowers on our front yard...



We love cat... and we have lots of cat whiskers....
Yeah... here they are our Kumis Kucing (Orthosiphon aristatus).
Kumis kucing means cat whiskers.



A beneficial plant that even grows wildly or as a home garden plant.
It well known as a medicinal plant.



It is a member of Labiatae or Lamiaceae family.
I grows it by cutting.



Look... we can see some flower cluster there.



The white flower is so beautiful...



The leaves usually used as traditional medicine for urinary disorder.
Love to see them blooming almost everyday in our tiny garden.

10 comments:

  1. What a fun plant! The blooms do look like cat whiskers! Your front garden is very attractive with the flowers and the beautiful rock wall.

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  2. Disisni dipanggil misai kucing. Banyak manafaat perubatan yang ada pada pokok ini. Sudah dikomersilkan sebagai tea untuk minuman.

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    1. Betul Kak Mala. Disinipun banyak dimanfaatkan untuk obat tradisional.

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  3. I have this plant in my garden but it never produce any flowers. Does it need full sun?

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    1. I think it's shade tolerant. I grow this plant on part shady area. But on the full sun area, it blooms intensively.

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  4. Lol it really looks like cat whiskers. Pretty flower.

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  5. Yes. it similar to cat whiskers, Endah! Lovely plant and source for medicine.

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  6. What an unusual plant! I have never heard of it before, really nice :-)

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