Look at the beautiful lemuni plant above. The plant was planted somewhere around October last year in the herb garden of my school and now it has grown rather tall. It is also known as legundi. Here are some facts about it:
Local Malay name: Lemuni
Scientific name: Vitex Trifolia var Negundo
Other names: Dangla, lagundi, lipuk, tigau, three leaves chaste tree, Indian Privet, Indian
Scientific name: Vitex Trifolia var Negundo
Other names: Dangla, lagundi, lipuk, tigau, three leaves chaste tree, Indian Privet, Indian
wild-pepper
Family:Lamiaceae/Verbenaceae
Family:Lamiaceae/Verbenaceae
Medicinal uses:
The roots of this herb can be boiled and the water can be drunk by ladies in confinement. It can also be used to treat burns by heating the leaves in a hot dry pan. The heated leaft is then applied to the wound. The process must be repeated 3 times a day. Its leaves can also be used to treat beri beri, rheumtism and diarrhoea. It can also be used as an antiseptic. There have been claims that the leaves can be used to treat breast cancer. The leaves can also be used as a pillow to treat headaches.
Here is the recipe for making nasi lemuni.
Nasi Lemuni
Ingredients
3 cups of rice
3 cups of santan or coconut milk
3 cups of santan or coconut milk
1 sprig of lemuni shoot
salt to taste
ginger
Instructions
First, the lemuni leaves are blended with the santan. Next sieve the santan into the rice that has been washed. Boil until cook and then serve with sambal.
The lemuni leaves can also be used to make nasi lemuni. Our Puan Asiah made the dish for us this morning and all of us at the library enjoyed eating it.
salt to taste
ginger
Instructions
First, the lemuni leaves are blended with the santan. Next sieve the santan into the rice that has been washed. Boil until cook and then serve with sambal.
The lemuni leaves can also be used to make nasi lemuni. Our Puan Asiah made the dish for us this morning and all of us at the library enjoyed eating it.
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