Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bsyaw	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
chitharaththai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitraraththai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
cirraraddai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirrarattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
colônia	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
dumaraasme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dumbaraashtaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dumbaraasme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dumbarashtaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dwarf cardamom	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jättegalangarot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kastazerambet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kituposa	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ligandh-tora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
light galangal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nag-damani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ngatuto	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
pink porcelain-lily	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
puna-champa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shell ginger	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shell-ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shellflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shellplant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
silu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
sit-ruthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sittarattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthulagranthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
the light galangal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vindicá	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
玉桃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
良姜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
艳山姜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
虎子花	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, leaves	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf, flower		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alpinia oceanica Burkill Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 9(2): 93 (1896).
Alpinia speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) K.Schum. Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 29 (1889), nom. illeg.
Catimbium speciosum (J.C.Wendl.) Holttum Gard. Bull. Singapore 13: 152 (1950).
Costus zerumbet Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 3 (1805).
Languas speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 307 (1913).
Alpinia cristata Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 421 (1851).
Alpinia engleriana K.Schum. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 102 (1898).
Alpinia fimbriata Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 447 (1904).
Alpinia fluvitialis Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 227 (1915).
Alpinia nutans K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung, Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 28 (1889), nom. illeg.
Alpinia nutans var. longiramosa Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 48: 87 (1902).
Alpinia penicillata Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. London 11: 280 (1816).
Alpinia rechingeri (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 15a: 622 (1930), nom. illeg.
Alpinia schumanniana Valeton Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 20: 84 (1904).
Alpinia speciosa var. longiramosa Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 48: 87 (1901).
Amomum nutans (Andrews) Schult. Mant. 1: 40 (1822).
Guillainia rechingeri Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 433 (1908).
Languas schumanniana (Valeton) Sasaki Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 14(74): 23 (1924).
Renealmia nutans Andrews Bot. Repos. 5: t. 360 (1804).
Renealmia spectabilis Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 218 (1927).
Zerumbet speciosum J.C.Wendl. Hort. Herrenhus. 4: 3 (1801).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia oceanica Burkill	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia speciosa (Wendl.) K.Schum.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Alpinia speciosa K.Schum.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alpinia speciosa Schum.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Alpinia speciosa Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Alpinia zerumbet	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L. Burtt & R. M. Sm.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L. Burtt & R.M. Sm.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L. Burtt. And R.M. Sm.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Smith	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) Burtt. & Smith	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Alpinia zerumbet (Persoon) B.L. Burtt & R.M. Smith	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia zerumbet B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Alpinia zerumbet Burtt & R.M.Sm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alpiniazerumbet (Pers.) Burtt. et Smith	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Catimbium speciosum (J.C.Wendl.) Holttum	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Costus zerumbet Pers	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Languas speciosa (Wendl.) Merr.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)

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