Kaempferia ROTUNDA L.
| Synonym : | Kaempferia longa Jacq. Kaempferia versicolor Salisb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bhui Champa.,Mrichenga, Bhujura phul, Raijong (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
| Disease : | Wounds,stomachic , aphrodisiac, , gastric , mumps and scabies. |
| Description : | A stemless, rhizomatous herb. Leaves erect, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, up to 30 cm long, usually variegated with darker and lighter green above along the midrib, and tinged purple beneath. Flowers large, light purple, appear before leaves, from radical spike. |
| Distribution : | Forest of Sherpur, Tangail, Chittagong Hill Tracts, also cultivated. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Rhizome contains 0.2% essential oil (Yusuf, 1999). Tubers contain crotepoxide (Asolkar et al., 1992). Three new cyclohexane diepoxides together with crotepoxide and (-) zeylenol have been isolated from the rhizomes (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The whole plant when reduced to powder and used in the form of an ointment to heal fresh wounds, when taken internally it removes coagulated blood or purulent matter from the body. Tubers are stomachic and aphrodisiac, given in gastric complaints, in the |
| Habit : | Herb |