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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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 Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
amomi rotundus fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia 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	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)
cardamon	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
dou kou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
doukou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia 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)
fructus amomi rotundus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
java cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
javakardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kapulaga sabrang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kepulaga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar laga	Other	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)
round amomum fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
round cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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)
true cardamom	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
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)
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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
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, 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) 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) 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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 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 Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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 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 (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	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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