Plant Details

Accepted name:: Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. [Zingiberaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
boesenbergia rotunda whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
boesenbergiae panduratae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
boesenbergiae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
canda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chee-puu	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
chinese ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese key	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese-keys	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dekunchi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
doemoe koentji	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
finger	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jiāng kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ka aen	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
kontjih	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kra chaai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
kra chai	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
kunchi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kunyi kunci	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lesser ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
manja-kua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
merkunchi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ngo shut	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ngo soot	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
o shu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ow sun zhiang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
p'eng ngo shu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
p'eng o mon	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
p'eng o shu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
pen ts'ao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
peng-o shu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
poh-see	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
poh-so-roh	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
por sa raw	Other	Pl. for Digestion by Karen, N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015)
ra aen	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
rimpang temu kunci	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
rotund boesenbergia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
see-phuu	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
shu yao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
suo shi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tamoe	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
teki koentji	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
temu kechil	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
temu kunchi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
temu kunci	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
waan phra aa thit	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
yuè táo shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
āo chún jiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凹唇姜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
姜科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
月桃属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome		Pl. for Digestion by Karen, N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rhizome		ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
rhizomes		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boesenbergia pandurata (Roxb.) Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 316 (1913).
Gastrochilus panduratus (Roxb.) Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 32: 114 (1899).
Kaempferia pandurata Roxb. Asiat. Res. 11: 328 (1810).
Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen Nordic J. Bot. 21: 595 (2001 publ. 2002).
Boesenbergia cochinchinensis (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 15a: 571 (1930).
Boesenbergia isanensis Saensouk & P.Saensouk J. Jap. Bot. 95: 65 (2020).
Curcuma rotunda L. Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753).
Gastrochilus rotundus (L.) Alston in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 281 (1931).
Kaempferia cochinchinensis Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 165 (1907).
Kaempferia ovata Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 351 (1807).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boesembergia pandurata Schlechtendhal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Boesenbergia pandurata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boesenbergia pandurata (Roxb.) Schlecht.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
Boesenbergia rotunda	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Pl. for Digestion by Karen, N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansfield	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gastrochilus pandaratum Ridl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gastrochilus pandurata	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gastrochilus pandurata Ridl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gastrochilus pandurata Ridley	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Gastrochilus panduratum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Gastrochilus panduratum RIDL.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Gastrochilus panduratum Ridl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Kaempferia pandurata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Kaempferia pundurata	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

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