Plant Details

Accepted name:: Wurfbainia uliginosa (J.Koenig) Giseke [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
puar gajah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar hijau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tepus merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amomum uliginosum J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 56 (1783).
Amomum ovoideum Pierre ex Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 140 (1906).
Amomum robustum K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 253 (1904).
Cardamomum uliginosum (J.Koenig) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 687 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amomum uliginosum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amomum uliginosum J. Konig	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amomum uliginosum J.G.König ex Retz.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)
Amomum uliginosum Koenig	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Wurfbainia uliginosa (J.Koenig) Giseke	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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