Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kaempferia galanga L. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aromatic ginger	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
black thorn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
candramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candrani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cekor	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cekur	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cekur jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cengkor	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cengkur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chandramoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandramula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandramulika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandramuula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chandramuulikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chekur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chekur jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chengkur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chundramoolika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
corakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
east lndies galingale	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
finger- root	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ga dra	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
galanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
galanga resurrectionlily rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
galangal	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
indische gewürzlilie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inguru piyali	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ingurupiyali	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
java galangal	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kaccolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccoli k-kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachchura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachhola kilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachhoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachhuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacholum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachora	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kachoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kachri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachulakalanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaempferia	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
kaempferia galanga	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaempferia rhizome	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
kaempferiae galangae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
kaempferiae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
kapoor kachri no 1	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kapur-kacheri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapurkachri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karcurah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katcolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katjulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katsjula kelengu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katsjula-kekengu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenchur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kencur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kentjur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kotsjolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kun-sa-gamon	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
lesser galanga	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lesser galangal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maraba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
narkachur	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pro hom	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
pulankilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
resurrection lily	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rhizoma kaempferiae	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rimpang kencur	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
rumput kekura	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samahe	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
samai	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
sand ginger	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sekun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sga 'dra	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shan mi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shan nai	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shannai	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
shā jiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān là	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān nài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sidhoul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sime-kich-chilik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandha-vachaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sugandhamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandhavacha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sān nài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tyamae	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
tyamahe	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
địa liền	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
སྒ་འདྲ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
三柰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山奈	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
山柰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
山辣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
沙姜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizoma, root stock		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tuber, rhizome, leaves, flower, root	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
rhizome		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
root-stocks		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Rhizome, leaves, flowers		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
underground parts		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kaempferia latifolia Donn ex Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 6 (1813).
Alpinia sessilis J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 64 (1783).
Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 3 (1841).
Kaempferia humilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 6 (1796).
Kaempferia marginata Carey ex Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 93 (1824).
Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 286 (1812).
Kaempferia procumbens Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 19 (1790), nom. nud.
Kaempferia rotunda Blanco Fl. Filip.: 5 (1837), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kaempfera galanga L.	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Kaempferia galanga	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Kaempferia galanga L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Kaempferia galanga Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Kaempferia latifolia (Dunn) Y.H.Chen	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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