LEMUNI PLANT

Look at our beautiful lemuni plant. 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 wild-pepper

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.
Source: http://www.melur.com/myherba.asp?plant_id=18&cat=HERBA

Here is the recipe for making nasi lemuni.

Nasi Lemuni

Ingredients
3 cups of rice

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.