Plant Details

Accepted name:: Etlingera coccinea (Blume) S.Sakai & Nagam. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achasma coccineum (Blume) Valeton Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 20: 93 (1904).
Amomum coccineum (Blume) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 108 (1893).
Elettaria coccinea Blume Enum. Pl. Javae: 53 (1827).
Hornstedtia macrocheilos (Griff.) Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 32: 147 (1899).
Achasma macrocheilos Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 429 (1851).
Alpinia coccinea (Blume) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 12 (1839).
Amomum gomphocheilos Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 236 (1892).
Amomum macrocheilos (Griff.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 232 (1892).
Cardamomum coccineum (Blume) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 (1891).
Geanthus coccineus Reinw. ex Blume Catalogus: 29 (1823), nom. nud.
Hornstedtia winkleri Ridl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 530 (1910).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achasma coccineum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amomum coccineum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Elettaria cocineum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hornstedtia marcrocheilus Ridl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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