4 Anti Mosquito Plant
All men who have lived long in this world certainly been exposed to mosquito bites. Basically mosquito is considered disturbing human life. Starting from the noise of the sound in the ears while we sleep, until the bite that makes the skin feel itchy and red . It was just instantaneous impact alone, what if they also carry the virus mosquitoes dangerous diseases such as malaria, dengue or chikungunya too? It would be very dangerous not?
many ways that humans do to repel mosquitoes , ranging from physical expulsion, or with chemicals. Example expulsion / physically mosquito prevention is to install netting when sleeping or installing nets gauze in each house ventilation. The eradication of mosquitoes are chemically among others by using poison mosquito spray / combustion / electric / oles, and fogging / fumigation.
Beyond that, there's actually a way repel mosquitoes safer, easier and is continuous, the use of plants. Some types of plants / flowers is believed and has been proven to repel mosquitoes , and easily applied to a typical household. Here are some plants that are effective to repel mosquitoes :
Lavender
Appearance Lavender flowers (Lavandula agustifolia) is very interesting. Purple and clustered into small tip of the stalk. The flowers have a sweet scent and contains substances lynalyl linalool and acetate. Well here's the two substances are not favored mosquito. To repel mosquitoes, Lavender flowers should be placed near the doors, vents or other large holes in the house. Lavender flowers can also rub rubbing to avoid mosquito bites. Lavender is a genus consisting of 25-30 species of flower plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. Lavender comes from the southern region of the Mediterranean (the Alps) to tropical Africa and to the east to the Indian. This genus includes plants for years, plants of species of grasses, shrubs short and small shrubs. This plant also spreads in the Canary Islands, North and East Africa, southern Europe and the Mediterranean, Arabia, and India. Because it has grown and developed in parks around the world, this plant is often found growing wild in the area outside the region of origin.
Zodiac
Zodia are native to Indonesia who came from Papua. According to Agus Kardinan (2004), leaves Zodia able to repel mosquitoes for 6 hours in the protection of more than 70%. In addition to repel mosquitoes, other properties of Zodia is healing headache, dysentery, liniment and cancer cell killing. Zodia will release scent when the leaves rubbing. Put plants around the ventilation in the room, it could be in a certain corner of the room, then blow with a fan. Quite fragrant aroma came out. However, we must be vigilant if Zodia plants placed in a small room with little air circulation, it can create a headache or hangover in it.
Latin names of plants Zodia is Evadia suaveolens. Including the family Rutaceae. This plant contains a substance Evodia mine and rutaecarpine . According to Spices Crops Research Institute (Ballitro), the oil distilled from the leaves contain linalool Zodia apinene 46% and 13.26%. Linalool is that as a mosquito repellent. Crop Zodia twigs easily propagated by cuttings and seeds. When it is flowering and seed, seed Zodia will fall and grow around it. Yellowish green leaves, long flat but flexible and eye soothing look. Zodia plant height can reach 200 cm. The plants grown in pots.
Zodia plants will die when exposed to direct sunlight, but when less sunlight is not exactly healthy growth. These plants will thrive when developed in a pretty cool area. Large enough Zodia usually around 50 thousand rupiah appreciated.
Fragrant lemon grass
plant citronella (Cymbopogon nardus) clumps grow to around 50-100 cm high. Single leaf is frayed, length 1 m, width 1.5 cm, the somewhat rough beneath, midrib line, no woody stem, ribbed-short ribs, white and fibrous roots. Citronella which is normally used for cooking spices and herbs mixer material , but it can be used as a mosquito repellent because it contains substances geraniol, metilheptenon, terpenes, terpenes-alcohol, and acid-organic acid that is sitonelal. Sironelal substance has so mosquitoes can contact poison water shortage. multiplication is done with cuttings separation sapling. Cuttings obtained by breaking large clumps or not segmental. Cut some leaf cuttings or subtract up to 3-5 cm from the frond. Reduced and leave some roots about 2.5 cm below the neck root. After that grown in home gardens.
Geranium
Geranium or Tread Dara grows wild around the rice fields and used to repel mosquitoes and moths. To repel mosquitoes, geranium planted in the yard of the house, then leaves swayed by the wind, and then exit distinctive fragrance. The smell comes from the content of which is owned geranium, citronella which is a powerful substance to repel mosquitoes. plants Geranium (Pelagornium citrosa) grew merumpun, many puppies, green leaves, shaped anchor (like the anchor, but it leaves jagged). The trunk contains a lot of water. Geranium plant has three variants, namely Citrosa mosquito fighter that many found around Bandung and Sukabumi, Citrosa queen of lemon, and citrosa lady Diana. Prices in the range of 25 thousand per pot.
