- Earned Flower Nicknames
That's because in the Edelweis contained ethylene hormone, the hormone that serves as the emphasis of hormones so that flowers can not fall and the great again this flower can bloom up to 10 years old when its storage in a dry place and with room temperature.
- Just live on the Mountain
Edelweis can only live in mountainous areas. In Indonesia, edelweis grows in mountainous areas of Java, South Sumatra, South Sulawesi, and Lombok. Edelweis usually blooms between April and August.
- As a Drug
Extracts from edelweiss flowers can be used as medicine since ancient civilizations to overcome various diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, tuberculosis and diphtheria. Because the flowers have a lot of anti-oxidant content, which is anti-microbial that can kill fungi and bacteria and has anti-inflammatory properties or inflammation.
- Mycorrhiza
Edelweis is a pioneer for young volcanic soils in mountain forests and able to sustain its survival on barren ground, being able to form mycorrhizas with certain soil fungi that effectively extend the area reachable by its roots and increase efficiency in search of nutrients. Mycorrhizae is a fungus at the root whose job is to hold nitrogen and to destroy organic matter. Thanks to this mycorrhizal, edelweis can get the nutrients that make it alive and flowering in a barren mountainous terrain.
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