About Garlic

Garlic (Allium sativum) has long been used as a kitchen, because the rich aroma. The use of a garlic flavor to any ingredient, but it is also used as an ingredient, which can cause health problems. Herbaceous plants are very easy to exceed the price is relatively cheap.

Garlic is a plant having a stroke, and on top of the plant is commonly planted in 60 fields cm.This mountainous areas receive sufficient sunlight. This plant is a pseudo-stem and green. Fed-form, to participate in a large white onion. Each tooth wrapped in leather, cut into thin slices, and if it smells very strong. Ribbon like leaves (flat bottom), smooth edge, he said, the timing, length 60 cm wide and 1.5 cm. Root fibers. The flowers are white in color, length, size and shape of an umbrella.

Galangal Herb Plants

This is the scientific name of plants languages ​​galangal. Galanga in tropical Asia, but there is also the view Bangla (India). Galangal plants grown in the plains and plateaus to an altitude of 1200 m above sea level. Growing up in a protected area, but it has enough sun.

Galangal herb is a plant that grows from 5.1 to 2.5 m. robust Ginger is high due to fresh fictional bar formed by the nerve center of the rib-set leaves. There are two types of galangal, galangal rhizome which is a white and a red rhizomes.

Rhizome is a fine, white fiber, while the red rhizome is thicker fiber. Leaves of this plant in a bright green surface of the upper and lower surfaces pale green. Leaves form a long thin around a sharp point. This blade is generally regarded as a small white lines and a little 'difficult. Leaves at the base usually does not have leaves, but only the rib.

The plants that were large enough to cause green-white flowers. The interest comes when the plant is old enough, push the tip of the plant. Flowers and petals standing bell-shaped, greenish-white, long, thin stem.

Content of substances in plants, this herb is an essential oil, green-yellow color and characteristic odor and a bitter taste of galangal. Content of the oil degradation include methyl cinnamaat 48% cineole 20% - 30%, camphor, D-alpha-Guy, galangal, eugenol and 3% - 4%. It also contains other substances such as galangol, hexahydorcadalene hydrate, camphor, a sesquiterpene, crystals and cadinine.