Plant Details

Accepted name:: Wurfbainia compacta (Sol. ex Maton) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amome à grappe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
amomi fructus rotundus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
amomi rotundus fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cardamome ronde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chinese cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cluster cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dou kou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
doukou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
elachi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
false cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fructus amomi rotundus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
java cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
javakardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kapulaga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kepulaga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ronde kardemom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
round amomum fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
round cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
round cardamon fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
siam cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sug smel	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
suk mel	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
zhao wa bai dou kou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
སུག་སྨེལ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	ripe fruit	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amomum cardamomum Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 1 (1814), sensu auct.
Amomum compactum Sol. ex Maton Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 251 (1811).
Amomum kepulaga Sprague & Burkill Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 6: 10 (1929).
Alpinia striata Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 5 (1821).
Zingiber compactum (Sol. ex Maton) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 68 (1812).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amomum cardamomum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amomum cardamomum Willd.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amomum compactum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amomum compactum Sol. Ex Maton	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Amomum compactum Sol. ex Maton	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Amomum compactum Soland ex Maton	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Amomum compactum Soland. ex Maton	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amomum compactum Solander ex Maton	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amomum kapulaga	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amomum kepulaga Sprague	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Amomum kepulaga Sprague & Burkill	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Amomum kepulaga Sprague et Burkill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Wurfbainia compacta (Sol. ex Maton) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)

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