The sunflower

Good day steemians, I really hope y'all are having a great day. Please allow me to unveil this beauty. It is commonly called the sun flower, but allow me to reveal its very own background.

Classification :
Helianthus is a genus comprising about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family of asteraceae.
It's from the kingdom plantae,
from the order asterales,
from the family asteraceae,
from the subfamily of asteroideae,
from the tribe Helianthodae
and genus heliantheae.
It is botanically called Helianthus verticillatus.

Let me furtherly shock you, before blooming this beauty will tilt during the day to face the sun in order to gain more sunlight for photosynthesis.

Medicinal uses:
In where I'm from I was born to see mothers used its leaves to pump their children and at this point y'all will be asking what's pump and how is it being done, let me briefly explain that," pumping or enema", is a technique used to stimulate stool evacuation. It is a liquid treatment most commonly used to relieve severe constipation. And I too have underwent such treatment back then. Apart from that, sunflower has medicinal usages, the edible seed and the sprout have an abundance of nutrients, biological activities and many antioxidants such as phenolic acids, flavonoids and vitamins. The common sunflower has many antioxidants effects which serves as a protective function for cellular damage. The sunflower seed and sprout also have high concentration of vitamins A, B, and C, potassium and iron. Inclusively sunflower oil also helps in anti-inflammatory activity. It also prevents gastric damage and is a therapeutic alternative in the healing process for microscopial and clinical wounds.

So anytime you come across this beauty always have it in your mind that it is not just a flower but a gift to mankind.

Device = tecno camon 15
Location = Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Category = nature and flowers