Plant Details

Accepted name:: Wurfbainia aromatica (Roxb.) 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:
bengal cardamom	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
brhadela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brhdela	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
ela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghrtachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalpaiguri cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaage aelakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morang-ilachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morang-ilayechi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morangilachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murang-ilayechi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nepal cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
sha ren#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
veldode	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xiang dou kou	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amomum aromaticum Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 44 (1820).
Alpinia fasciculata (Roscoe) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 62 (1840).
Amomum fasciculatum (Roscoe) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 108 (1893).
Cardamomum aromaticum (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 686 (1891).
Geocallis fasciculata (Roscoe) Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 33 (1862).
Renealmia fasciculata Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 66 (1828).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amomum aromaticum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Amomum aromaticum Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amomum aromaticum Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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