Globba pendula
Globba pendula Roxb.
Zingiberaceae
Location in our garden
Green House
Synonym
Ceratanthera pendula (Roxb.) T.Lestib.
Habitus
Herbaceous. Annual herb, height 55-80 cm
Part Used
- Leaves
- The Whole Plant
- Rhizome
Growing Requirements
- Need Shade
Habitat
- Riverbanks
- Roadside
- Terrestrial
Overview
This plant spreads in Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak, Sabah, and Kalimantan. In Indonesia, several tribes in South Sumatra have used G. pendula as an ethnobotanical drug to treat postpartum flatulence and canker sores.
Vernacular Names
No found data on this. Need further research.
Agroecology
Often found in damp and shaded places at an altitude of 1,200-1,300 m above sea level.
Morphology
- Rhizome - white flesh, glabrous surface and 1.1 cm distance between shoots.
- Stems - pseudostem, 27 cm high, 0.7 cm in diameter, the base is dark red.
- Leaves - number of leaves 4 - 6, green with red spots, hairy, white. Ligula; 0.25 cm long, rounded tip, smooth surface, green with red spots. Petiole; 0.1 cm long, green. Laminate; 3.5 - 12 cm long, 1.2 - 3.5 cm wide, flat margin, tip acuminatus, base acutus, hairy surface, green.
- Flowers - inflorescence; terminal, 29.5 cm long, the number of flowers blooming 9, orange. peduncle; 5.5 cm long, green. Sterile Bractea; 0.4 cm long, 0.2 cm wide, green. Androecium; reddish brown stamen, anther length 0.4 cm, width 0.3 cm, anther attached to the left and right of the stigma, filament length 2.21 cm, orange and has 2 appendages. Lateral staminode; oval, 0.8 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, orange. Gynoecium Pistilum orange, stylus 2.3 cm long, stigma triangular, white.
Cultivation
Propagated by division of rhizome.
Chemical Constituents
Labdane diterpene, indirubin, vanillin, vanillic acid, 2 (3H)-benzoxazolone, beta-sitosteryl-D-glucopyranoside, beta-sitosterol, 7-alpha-hydroxysitosterol, and isoandrographolide.
Traditional Medicinal Uses
- In traditional Vietnamese medicine, the rhizome of G. pendula is used to treat rheumatism and osteoarthritis.
- In Malaysia, people use a decoction of the rhizome for postpartum women and as an anthelmintic.
- In Indonesia it has been used to treat flatulence.
Part Used
Reference Sources
- Royal Botanic Gardens. 2021. Globba pendula Roxb.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796769-1. 11-03-22.
- Christophe Wiart, Pharm D. PhD. 2012. Medicinal Plants of China, Korea and Japan. Bioresources for tomorrows Drugs and Cosmetics. CRC Press. London. New York. https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/Medicinal_Plants_of_China_Korea_and_Japa/MaduhNghjb4C?hl=id&gbpv=1&dq=globba+pendula&pg=PA55&printsec=frontcover. 11-03-22.
- Ngo Thi Phuong., Do Thi Thanh Huyen, Bui Thi Hai Hoa. 2020. A New Polyoxygenated Cyclohexene From the Rhizomes of Globba pendula Roxb.. SAGE Publications. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1934578X20922382. 11-03-22.