🌾Vietnamese Traditional Medicine
Desmos Flower (Hoa Hài)
Desmos chinensis
About Desmos Flower (Hoa Hài)
Desmos Flower (Hoa Hài) (Desmos chinensis) is a herb used in the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Digestive Issues, Respiratory Issues, and Pain. The flowers are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Desmos chinensis is a flowering plant of the custard-apple family, Annonaceae. The yellowish-green flowers are similar to the Ylang-ylang flowers, therefore this plant is sometimes known as dwarf ylang-ylang. Their smell, however, is much less strong and is only felt in the morning. By midday it has mostly faded away.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Flowers · internal