Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zingiber purpureum Roscoe [Zingiberaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aardikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
abang aleh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
adarakhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
adavi pasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adaviallamu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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)
bana-adarakhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
banada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
banglai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bangle	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bangley	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
begelai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bengle	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bolai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
boleh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bongelai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bonglai	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bonglai bukit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bonglai putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bulai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bulat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bungelai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunglai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cassumar ginger	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cassumunar ginger	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
casumunar ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jangli adrak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jiāng kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiāng shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaadushunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaarallamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kadu shunti	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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)
koenjit bolai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
koorapasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunit bolai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kunyit bolai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kunyit bongelai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kunyit bu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kunyit terus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kunyit terus merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kurapasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malabari halad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mamar darah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mèng gé lái	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ngalai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
oenin makei	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
panini	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
peja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
penlekosht	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penlekshot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
plai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rimpang bengle	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
shringaberikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
van phai	Other	Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014) Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vanarhaka	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
village ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vvanarttirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zingiberis cassumunarae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)
zingiberis purpurei rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
姜属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
姜科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梦格来	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, rhizome		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
rhizome	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome		Malaysian Herbal Monog., 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	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Zingiber cassumnar	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Zingiber cassumunar	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Zingiber cassumunar ROXB.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Zingiber cassumunar Roxb	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
Zingiber cassumunar Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Zingiber purpureum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Zingiber purpureum Rosc.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Zingiber purpureum Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)

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