Glossonema varians is a medicinally important, rare, endemic and edible plant species of Thar Desert. Glossonema varians is a perennial herb and well adapted to the arid and semi arid region of the Indian Desert. The plant is used as famine food at the time of food scarcity and local people also used it as fodder. The plant is under rare category due to its large scale harvesting from wild as it is used extensively by the industries and the local population as energy tonic and other medicinal uses. Due to habitat destruction and increased anthropogenic activities, the natural propagation of plant is limited and now found only in the some pockets of Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan. Biotechnological tools can play important role in conservation, propagation and improvement of plant genetic resources of this rare plant species. Present manuscript has summarized the information regarding the occurrence, botanical description, medicinal uses, conservation strategies and scope of research in G. varians.

格洛索涅玛·瓦利斯人（Glossonema varians）是塔尔沙漠（Thar Desert）的重要药用，稀有，特有和可食用植物。格洛森玛是多年生草本植物，非常适合印度沙漠的干旱和半干旱地区。在粮食短缺时，这种植物被用作饥荒食物，当地人也将其用作饲料。由于该植物是从野外大规模收获的，因此属于稀有类别，因为该产业被工业和当地居民广泛用作能量补品和其他医学用途。由于栖息地的破坏和人为活动的增加，植物的自然繁殖受到限制，现在仅在拉贾斯坦邦斋沙默尔地区的某些地区发现。生物技术工具可以在这种稀有植物物种的植物遗传资源的保存，繁殖和改善中发挥重要作用。本手稿总结了有关发生，植物描述，药物用途，G. varians。