Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia officinarum Hance [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpinia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
alpinia offcinarum rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
alpinia officinarum rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
alpinia rhizome	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
alpiniae offcinari rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
alpiniae officinari rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
alpiniae officinarum rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
catarrh root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chinese galangal	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese ginger	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chinese-ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chitrarattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chittarathai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirrarattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
echter galgant	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
galanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
galangae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
galangal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
galangal officinal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
galgant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
galgantwurzelstock	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
galingala	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
gao liang jiang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gaoliangjiang	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
gāoliángjiāng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
kawaintoot	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
khdanjaal	Other	Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
kholanjan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
kholanjān	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khulanjaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khulanjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khulinjan	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khusro-daru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kleiner galgant	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kulanjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kulinjan	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
kulinjana	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
lengkuas china	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lengkuas cina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lesser galanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lesser galangal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lesser galangal rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
lesser galanggal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lesser galingale	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
liten galangarot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malayavaca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
men ga	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
petite galanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhizoma alpiniae officinarum	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
riềng	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
siamese ginger	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
small galangal	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
sman sga	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
خولنجان	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ناجنلوخ	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
སྨན་སྒ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ḵûlanja	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
‫خولنجان عقاربي‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
リョウキョウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
高良姜	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
高良薑	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Stem		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
rhizomes		Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	whole or cut dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
root	vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Languas officinarum (Hance) Farw. Druggists' Circ. 63: 49 (1919).
Alpinia graminifolia D.Fang & G.Y.Lo Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 78 (1978).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia offi cinarum	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Alpinia officinarium	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alpinia officinarum	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Alpinia officinarum (L.) Hance	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Alpinia officinarum Hance	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Alpinia oﬃcinarum Hance	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Languas officinarum	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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