Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia vitellina var. cannifolia (Ridl.) I.M.Turner [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Alpinia vitellina (Lindl.) Ridl.
Infraspecies:: Alpinia vitellina var. vitellina

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
puar minyak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Languas cannifolia (Ridl.) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 318 (1935).
Alpinia cannifolia Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 32: 174 (1899).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia vitellina (Lindl.) Ridl. var. cannifolia (Ridl.) I.M. Turner	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia vitellina (Lindley) Ridley var. cannaefolia (Ridley) I.M.Turner	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Languas cannifolia Burkill.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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