Gomphrena globosa L.Family: Amaranthaceae
Synonyms: Amaranthoides globosus Maza, Amaranthoides globosus var. albiflorus Maza, Gomphrena eriopoda Gillies ex Moq., Gomphrena globosa var. albiflora Moq., Gomphrena globosa var. aureiflora Stuchlik, Gomphrena globosa var. carnea Moq., Gomphrena rubra Moq., Gomphrena tumida Seidl ex Opiz, Xeraea globosa KuntzeBengali: বোতাম ফুল
Deutsch:Echter Kugelamarant
Japanese: センニチコウ
Hawaiian Pidgin - bozu
Hawaiian - lehua pepa, lehua moa loa[2]
Tamil - Vadamalli
Malayalam - “രക്തമല്ലിക (rakthamallika” / “വാടാമല്ലി (vaaDaamalli)”
Maldivian - Gullalaa / Gul-alaa
Sanskrit - “रक्तमल्लिका (rakthamallika)”
Hindi - “रक्तमल्लिका (rakthamallika”
Japanese - Sennichikou
Nepali - 'makhamali मखमली '
Lao language - Saam pii
Tongan: Malila
Thai: บานไม่รู้โรย
Malay: Pokok Butang Ungu
Other Names:
Amarantina, Amarantine, Amor Seco, Bachelor’s Button, Boton, Bunga Butan, Bunga Tila Bulan, Chacmol, Common Globe-Amaranth, Qian-ri-hong, Chin-yut-hung, Cheon-il-hong, Don Diego Morado, Eterna, Gian Ri Hong, Globe-Amaranth, Habana, Immortelle, Inmortal, Inmortales Blanco, Kugelamarant, Ma - nhyo - lone, Manto de Cristo, Marguerite, Perpetua, Qian Ri Hong, San Diego, Santoma, Sennichi So, Siempre Viva, Standvastig, Suspiro, Suspiro Branco, Suspiro Roxo, Tmuul, Wax Work, immortelle pourpre, stanfasti.
Activities: Depurative, Diuretic, Expectorant, Hypotensive .
Indications: Asthma, Bronchosis, Cardiopathy, Catarrh, Coughs, Dermatosis, Diabetes, Dysentery, Dysmenorrhea, Dyspepsia, Dysuria, Epistaxis, Erysipelas, Fever, Gas, High Blood Pressure, Leukorrhea, Metrorrhagia, Oliguria, Respirosis.
Chinese Folk Medicinal Uses: Bronchial asthma , Acute and chronic bronchitis, Chin cough, Haemoptysis of pulmonary tuberculosis, Dizziness, Blurring of vision, Dysentery, Infantile fever, and night screaming, Whooping cough, Headache.
Chemstry
l)Glucosides: gomphrenin, 4',5-dihydroxy-6,7-methylenedioxy flavanol 3-0-0-D-glucoside, amaranthin, isoamaranthin.
Pharmacology: Expectorant activity [International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine, Vol-4]
Uses: In Malaysia, a decoction of the flowers of Gomphrena globosa L. is drunk to treat asthma, bronchitis and leucorrhea, check hemorrhage and nocturnal weeping of children and to soothe sore eyes. The fresh plant is boiled or macerated and applied to traumatic injuries and pyoderma. [Medicinal Plants of The Asia-Pacific Drugs for the Future?]
USES: Whole plant: Infusion of the white-flowered variant of this plant is recommended as a
diabetes remedy. Leaf: Warm infusion for a sudorific [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]
Claimed Therapeutical Values: Treats chronic bronchitis, whooping cough, dysentery, pertussis, pulmonary tuberculosis with hemoptysis, infantile fever.
Chemistry: (Flower): Saponins, β-cyamines, gomphrenin, amaranthin, isoamaranthin [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
Activities: Depurative, Diuretic, Expectorant, Hypotensive .
Indications: Asthma, Bronchosis, Cardiopathy, Catarrh, Coughs, Dermatosis, Diabetes, Dysentery, Dysmenorrhea, Dyspepsia, Dysuria, Epistaxis, Erysipelas, Fever, Gas, High Blood Pressure, Leukorrhea, Metrorrhagia, Oliguria, Respirosis.
Chinese Folk Medicinal Uses: Bronchial asthma , Acute and chronic bronchitis, Chin cough, Haemoptysis of pulmonary tuberculosis, Dizziness, Blurring of vision, Dysentery, Infantile fever, and night screaming, Whooping cough, Headache.
Chemstry
l)Glucosides: gomphrenin, 4',5-dihydroxy-6,7-methylenedioxy flavanol 3-0-0-D-glucoside, amaranthin, isoamaranthin.
Pharmacology: Expectorant activity [International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine, Vol-4]
Uses: In Malaysia, a decoction of the flowers of Gomphrena globosa L. is drunk to treat asthma, bronchitis and leucorrhea, check hemorrhage and nocturnal weeping of children and to soothe sore eyes. The fresh plant is boiled or macerated and applied to traumatic injuries and pyoderma. [Medicinal Plants of The Asia-Pacific Drugs for the Future?]
USES: Whole plant: Infusion of the white-flowered variant of this plant is recommended as a
diabetes remedy. Leaf: Warm infusion for a sudorific [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]
Claimed Therapeutical Values: Treats chronic bronchitis, whooping cough, dysentery, pertussis, pulmonary tuberculosis with hemoptysis, infantile fever.
Chemistry: (Flower): Saponins, β-cyamines, gomphrenin, amaranthin, isoamaranthin [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
72 Published articles on Gomphrena globosa L.
