Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. [Zingiberaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpiniae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
alpiniae oxyphyllae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bitter cardamon	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
black cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
black cardamon seeds	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fructus alpiniae oxyphyllae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
kai chih	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sharp-leaf galangal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sharp-leaved galangal	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
sharpleaf galangal	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sharpleaf glangal fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
yeh-chi-tsze	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yi jhih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yi zhi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yi zhi ren	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
yik chee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yizhi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
yìzhì	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
ích trí nhân	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ヤクチ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
益智	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
益智仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
fruit	ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Fruit, seed		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
fruit	fruit	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
fruit		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
fruit		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Amomum amarum F.P.Sm. Contr. Mat. Med. China: 13 (1871).
Languas oxyphylla (Miq.) Merr. Sunyatsenia 1: 11 (1920).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia oxyphylla	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Alpinia oxyphylla Miquel	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia oxyphylla Miquer	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Amomum amarum F.P.Sm.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Amomum amarum Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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