Plant Details

Accepted name:: Roscoea purpurea f. purpurea [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Roscoea purpurea Sm.
Infraspecies:: Roscoea purpurea f. rubra Cowley

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bud tshad do (d & p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kakoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshira-kaakoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pud tshar do	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ram ne ba sen po	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ram ne ba sen po (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ram ne ba ser po (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuberous root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Roscoea procera Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: t. 242 (1832).
Roscoea purpurea var. gigantea Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 22 (1832).
Roscoea purpurea var. procera (Wall.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 208 (1890).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Roscoea procera Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Roscoea purpurea Royle	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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