Kaempferia PARVIFLORA Wall.
| Synonym : | Kaempferia rubromarginata (S.Q.Tong) R.J.Searle Stahlianthus rubromarginatus S.Q.Tong |
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| Bangla Name : | Kala bach (B),Kalahalood (Chakma), Cepaimba (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
| Disease : | Goiter,dysentery,insect bite and diarrhea. |
| Description : | A stemless, small, rhizomatous herb, up to 20 cm tall. Rhizome small, deep purple within. Leaves 1-several, 8-16 cm long, obovate to elliptic, slightly unequal sided, acute or acuminate, base, subcordate, peliole short, channeled. Flowers few in a sessile central tuft, corolla white, lip ovate-cuneate, emerginate, white with purple blotch at the middle. |
| Distribution : | Available in the homestead of tribal healers. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Chakma in Rangamati use juice of the rhizome for the treatment of goiter and dysentery. Paste of rhizome and leaf is applied in poisonous insect bite. Tanchangya tribe use rhizome juice for the treatment of diarrhoea. Marma of Khagrachari district use thi |
| Habit : | Herb |