Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zingiber purpureum Roscoe [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi pasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agala shunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agale shunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agalesunthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agalu shunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ardrakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ardrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban-ada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonglai	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
cassumar ginger	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli adrak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadushunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaarallamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadushunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karallamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpushpoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpushpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karu pasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karu-allamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karu-pasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuallumu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karupasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattumanjal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koorapasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurapasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malabari halad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nissana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penlekosht	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penlekshot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vana adaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanadaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanardraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vvanarttirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zingiberis cassumunarae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. Asiat. Res. 11: 347 (1810).
Amomum cassumunar (Roxb.) Donn Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 7: 1 (1812).
Amomum xanthorhiza Roxb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 78 (1840), not validly publ.
Cassumunar roxburghii Colla Nov. Scitam. Gen.: 10 (1830).
Zingiber anthorrhiza Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 27 (1862), pro syn.
Zingiber cassumunar var. palamauense Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa: 1144 (1924).
Zingiber cassumunar var. subglabrum Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 315 (1861).
Zingiber cliffordiae Andrews Bot. Repos. 9: t. 555 (1809).
Zingiber luridum Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 284 (1812).
Zingiber paucipunctatum D.Fang Guihaia 16: 6 (1996).
Zingiber pubisquama Ridl. Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 169 (1909).
Zingiber purpureum var. palamauense (Haines) K.K.Khanna Fl. Bihar, Analysis: 513 (2001).
Zingiber xantorrhizon Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 799 (1841), not validly publ.
Zingiber zerumbet var. valenzuelae Oliveros & Cantoria Philipp. J. Sci. 111: 105 (1982), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Zingiber cassumunar	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
Zingiber cassumunar Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Zingiber purpureum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Zingiber purpureum Rosc.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Zingiber purpureum Roxb.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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