Non scientific name details for kencur - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

kencur

1 Accepted name(s) for "kencur":

Accepted name
Kaempferia galanga L.

2 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Kaempferia galanga Linn.	Kaempferia galanga L.	Kaempferia galanga L.	Juice	leaves, roots, rhizome
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Kaempferia galanga L.	Kaempferia galanga L.	Kaempferia galanga L.

11 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "kencur":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
aromatic ginger	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cekur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cekur jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chekur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chekur jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chengkur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaempferia galanga	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kenchur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lesser galangal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
resurrection lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sand ginger	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)