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Boo -mae |
| Synonyms: Glycine soja sieb., Glycine hispida Maxim. | |
| Vernacular Name: Sinhala: Boo -mae; Eng: Soybean, soja bean, soya bean. | |
| Description: Hairy erect annual, to 60 cm tall, with brown hairs. Leaves alternate, long petiolate; leaflets 3, ovate or elliptic, acuminate or rounded stipules linear. Flowers small, papilionaceous, in axillaiy racemes, pink or white; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, with upper 2 lobes partly united. Fruit a linear legume, to 7.5 cm long, brown and hairy, pendant, constricted between seeds, valves spiral after dehiscence. | |
| Propagation: By seeds and vegetative method. | |
| Parts Used: Fruits and seeds. | |
| Chemical
Constituents: Large amount of
protein, carbohydrate, vitamin B, carotenoids amino acids, soyasaponins fatty acids, flavones, sojagol, glyceollin IV, agmatine, flazin. |
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| Uses: Soybean sprout shows estrogen-like activity and antispasmodic activity. Reduced ovulation rate (coumestrol), wound healing (allantion), haemolytic insecticidal (soyasaponins). | |
