Betadine leaves are native to the Caribbean, Trinidad, Cuba, southern North America, and Mexico. Jatropha multifida L. was introduced as an ornamental plant to tropical regions long ago and is often planted as a hedge. Based on traditional experience, it is widely used by Indonesians to heal new wounds, hence the name Betadine plant. Betadine plant stems have been studied for their wound healing properties and are equivalent in effectiveness to 10% povidone iodine. Betadine plant stems have also been studied for their ability to coagulate blood. Ethanol extract of Betadine plant stems can inhibit the growth of Salmonella typhi.

Betadine leaf plants are native to semi-arid tropical lowlands, although they can grow in humid areas as long as there is excellent drainage. They prefer full sun but also thrive in partial shade. They can grow in most well-drained soils. Established plants are somewhat drought tolerant and tolerant of marine exposure.

• The roots have a taproot system, tuberous.

• The woody (lignosus) stem has an enlarged base. The stem is round (teres) with a hairy, resinous surface showing traces of leaf attachment. When young, the stem is green and becomes greenish-white as it matures. The stem grows vertically (erectus). The branching system is sympodial (branches near the ground surface), with branches growing upward (patens).

• The leaves are single and scattered, 5-15 cm long and 6-16 cm wide. The widest part is in the center of the leaf blade, from which the leaf structure (circumscriptio) of the Jatropha multifida L. plant is orbicular. The leaf tip (apex folii) is pointed (acuminatus), the leaf base (basis folii) is notched (emarginatus), the upper and lower surfaces of the Jatropha multifida L. leaf are gloomy (opacus), the leaf veins are palmate (palminervis), the leaf margin (margo folii) is incised (divisus) with shared leaf margins (partitus), where the depth of the incision exceeds half the length of the leaf veins on the right and left. The position of this incision depends on the arrangement of the leaf veins. Thus, the term incised leaf edge is a combination of the incised nature and the arrangement of the leaf veins (palmatipartitus leaves). The leaf arrangement is scattered (folia sparsa).

• Compound flowers (inflorescentia racemosa), where flowers grow at the end of the stem (flos terminalis). Inflorescentia racemosa, the main stalk is branched and the branches can branch again so that the flowers are not found on the main stalk, the type of panicle (panicula), the color of the main stalk is green and when old it turns brown. The flowers are red and are included in the bisexual flowers (hermaphrodite), namely flowers that have stamens (male reproductive organs) and pistils (female reproductive organs). The stamens number eight and the anthers are horseshoe-shaped, the color of the stamens themselves is yellow. The pistil (pistillum) on the Jatropha multifida L. flower has three attached fruit leaves. The flower crown (corolla) has 5 petals that are not attached (polypetalus). Meanwhile, the flower petals The calyx has five attached sepals (gamosepalus), with the calyx colored red, the same as the corolla. The calyx is fissured (fissile), based on the number of attached parts (the length of the petioles at the top of the calyx). This is because the attached part covers approximately half the length of the calyx, so the petioles are also approximately half. The flower is actinomorphic symmetrical, as multiple planes of symmetry can be drawn to divide the flower into two contiguous halves.

• The fruit (fructus) is ovoid or elliptical, approximately 2.5 cm long and 2-4 cm in diameter. It is green when young and brown when mature. It is divided into three chambers, each containing a single seed. It is a true, dry, trichocyst (tricoccus) fruit.

• The seeds (semen) are oblong, approximately 2 cm long and approximately 1 cm thick.

• Betadine leaf plant propagation is done generatively by seed and vegetatively by stem cuttings.

Used as a laxative and emetic, treating indigestion and colic, as a tonic, orchitis (inflammation of the testicles), a remedy for edema, scabies, wounds and boils, emeto-cathartic, treatment of mouth ulcers, fever, worms and gonorrhea, skin infections, stopping external bleeding, abortifacient, treatment of pain, infections, inflammatory conditions, tumors.

Alkaloid compounds, tannins, glycosides, saponins, flavonoids, phenols, flavones apigenin, acacetin, luteolin, phenolic acids such as vanillic, siring, p-OH-benzoic acid, melilotic, cis- and trans-ferulic; p-coumaric and hydrochloric acid, tannins, proanthocyanidins, and glycoflavones.