Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amome à grappe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
amomi compacti fructi extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
amomi compacti fructus	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
amomi fructus rotundus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
amomi rotundus fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
bala	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buah kapulaga	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
buah pelaga	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buah pulaga	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái dòu kòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái dòu kòu shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cardamom	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cardamom seeds	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cardamome ronde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cardamoms	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cardamon	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chester cardamom	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
chinese cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cluster cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
clustered cardamom	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
clustered cardamoms	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
dou kou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
doukou	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
ekstrak kental buah kapulaga	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
elachi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
false cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
fructus amomi rotundus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
java cardamom	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
javakardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
jhaowabaidoukou	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
jiāng kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kapol	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kapulaga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kapulaga sabrang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kepulaga	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kerengga munggu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
krawan-thet	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pala	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
panlat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pelaga	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar laga	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar-puar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ronde kardemom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
round	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
round amomum fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
round cardamom	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
round cardamoms	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
round cardamon fruit	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
siam cardamom	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) 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)
true cardamom	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whitefruit amomim fruit	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
wurfbainia compacta whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
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)
姜科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
爪哇白豆蔻	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
白豆蔻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白豆蔻壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白豆蔻属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆蔻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
豆蔻花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
fruit		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
fruit		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	ripe fruit	Korean Pharmacop., 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, auctt., not of Linnaeus in 1753	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum cardamomum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum cardamomum Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum compactum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amomum compactum Sol. Ex Maton	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Amomum compactum Sol. ex Maton	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Amomum compactum Soland ex Maton	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
Amomum compactum Soland. Ex Maton	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum compactum Soland. ex Maton	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amomum compactum Soland. ex Maton.	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
Amomum compactum Solander ex Maton	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amomum kapulaga	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amomum kepulaga	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum kepulaga SPRAG. & BURKILL	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Amomum kepulaga Sprague and Burkill	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum kepulaga Sprague et Burkill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amonum compactum Soland. ex Maton	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Wurfbainia compacta (Sol. ex Maton) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Wurfbainia compacta (Sol. ex Maton) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)

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