Kaempferia rotunda
Kaempferia rotunda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Zingiberaceae |
Genus: | Kaempferia |
Species: | K. rotunda
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Binomial name | |
Kaempferia rotunda | |
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Kaempferia rotunda is a flowering plant species in the ginger family. It is native to
Kaempferia rotunda is plant with many medicinal uses in Ayurvedic and allopathic medicinal systems. This plant is also called bhumi champa,[4] Indian crocus, peacock ginger, and round-rooted galangale.
K. rotunda is found in various parts of India and adjoining regions, but seldom in the wild. The plant is groomed in small herbal nurseries for applications in medicine preparation. As its Sanskrit name bhumi champa (bloom from within earth) implies, the indigo-coloured flower shoots from within the soil. In fact, the flower emerges much in advance of the whitish leafy shoot. The flower and leaf are never seen at the same time.[5]
The flower contains the toxin
]References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, v 24 p 369, 海南三七 hai nan san qi, Kaempferia rotunda Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 3. 1753.
- ^ Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Kaempferia rotunda – Bhumi Champa". Flowers of India. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ISBN 978-81-7371-469-6.
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- PMID 20046746.