Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia officinarum Hance [Zingiberaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpinia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
alpinia offcinarum rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
alpinia officinarum rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
alpinia officinarum whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
alpinia rhizome	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
alpiniae offcinari rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
alpiniae officinari rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
alpiniae officinarum rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
catarrh root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chii hong	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
chitrarattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chittarathai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choon pook fah	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
choon pork fah	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
choon sar fah	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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) Pharmacop. Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
galangal	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
galangal rhizome	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
galangal root	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
galgant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Pharmacop. 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 Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
gaoliangjiang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
gāoliángjiāng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
kao liang chiang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khoudenjel	Other	Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
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)
kucuk galanga	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
lesser galangal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
lesser galangal root	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lesser galanggal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lesser galingale	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
liang chiang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
liten galangarot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
malayavaca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
man chiang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
men ga	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
petite galanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
rhizoma alpiniae officinarum	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
riềng	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
siamese ginger	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sitrarathai	Other	Siddha Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009)
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	Trad. 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 Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
高良姜	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. 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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. 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		Trad. 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. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome	whole or cut dried rhizome	Pharmacop. Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
root		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 Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 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	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) 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) Trad. 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) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) 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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 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) Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacop. Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) 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.	Siddha Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009)
Languas officinarum	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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