Gomphrena GLOBOSA L.
| Synonym : | Amaranthoides globosa (L.) M.Gómez Gomphrena rubra Moq. Gomphrena tumida Seidl ex Opiz Xeraea globosa (L.) Kuntze |
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| Bangla Name : | Botam phul, Gulmakhamal, Golkamal. |
| English Name : | Globe Amaranth, Bachelor’s Buttonhole. |
| Family : | Amaranthaceae |
| Disease : | Oliguria, hypertension, cough and diabetes. |
| Description : | A dichotomously branched annual herb, branches hairy or subsilky. Leaves 5-10 cm, subsessile, elliptic or obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse. Heads 2.5-3.7 cm diam., pinkish purple, globose with 2 leafy bracts, peduncled, terminating the branches. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated in gardens as an ornamental plant. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant chiefly contains flavones and flavonoids glycoside, gomphrenol. Flowers contain ?-cyanins, gomphrenin I, II and III (Ghani, 2003). A new methylenedioxyflavonol-gomphrenol has been isolated from leaves infected with tomato bushy stunt virus (Ras |
| Uses : | Tea or infusion of the flower head is used for children suffering from oliguria, heat and empacho. Leaf tea is used for hypertension, cough and diabetes. EtOH extract of the plant is expectorant in animals (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | Herb |