Rafflesia hasseltii

Rafflesia hasseltii is a parasitic plant species of the genus Rafflesia. It can be found in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.[1]

Rafflesia hasseltii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Rafflesiaceae
Genus: Rafflesia
Species:
R. hasseltii
Binomial name
Rafflesia hasseltii

Uses

Traditional tribes such as the Orang Asli sell the flowers as a folk medicine. Researchers in Malaysia slashed a group of 36 rats and smeared either the powdered flower mashed into a hydrogel paste (at two concentrations), a commercial hydrogel for wounds, or a placebo on the wounds. They conclude that wounds of the surviving rats smeared with the flower or hydrogel looked to them as if they had healed nicer than those of the placebo rats, although there was no significant difference between flower concentrations or commercial hydrogel.[2]

References
  1. "Rafflesia hasseltii Suringar". Southern Illinois University. 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  2. Abdulla, Mahmood A.; Ahmed, Khaled A.; Ali, Hapipah M.; Noor, Suzita M.; Ismail, Salmah (November 2009). "Wound Healing Activities of Rafflesia hasseltii Extract in Rats". Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition. 45 (3): 304–308. doi:10.3164/jcbn.09-17. ISSN 0912-0009. PMC 2771251. PMID 19902020.


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