Banjaran HotSpring Retreat - Herbal Garden

Whilst spending a few days at the Banjaran Hot Spring Retreat in Ipoh, Malaysia, we not only enjoyed the beautifully serene landscape and rejuvenating meditative activities, we also took the time to experience the retreat by exploring the caverns and hotspring as well as the herbal garden.

Herbal Garden in Banjaran HotSpring Retreat

The herbal garden was an eye opener as there were many plants that we are familiar with, yet without knowing that these were herbs with medicinal properties.

Downstream products of medicinal herbs

We had a very interesting and informative time exploring the herbal garden and learning about the various therapeutic uses of the plants.

Complaya

Part of the Sunway Hotels group, the Banjaran HotSpring Retreat is a must-visit retreat if you wish to get away from the concrete jungle and hustle and bustle of city life.

Roselle

Opuntia

Many of these plants are grown as medicinal herbs by the village folks who still believe very much in the curative properties.

Spurge

Queen-of-the-Night

Wild sage (Lantana)

Madagascar periwinkle

LOL... I have lots of this in my little 'garden'... :D

Polycias

Bisa ular

Janda kaya

Temu merah

Flower of the pinecone ginger

Pinecone ginger

White rhodoodendron

Pomelo

Interestingly, the pomelo is a citrus fruit and Ipoh is well known for its pomelos.  We had one pomelo waiting for us in our villa and it was nice and juicy.  We ended up craving for more...

The pomelo in our room

Information about the Pomelo

Aloe vera

Nenas batu

Nenas Batu

Indian borage

Seed-on-the-leaf

Costus

This is yet another very common plant that we are familiar with especially for its fragrance and used in cooking and baking.  However, we were not aware that it has a therapeutic use for sore throat, measles and rheumatism.

Pandan

Crinum lily

Another very common fruit for us...

Limau kesturi

Jari lipan

An eye-opener indeed!  The herbal garden in Banjaran HotSpring Retreat was well thought out and very informative.  We walked away from it with tons of new knowledge and in awe of the therapeutic uses of some of these common plants.


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