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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) 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)
cardamom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghrtachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ilashi saw	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
jalpaiguri cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaage aelakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morang-elaaichi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
perelam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sha ren#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sthula-elaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thảo quả	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
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:
rhizome		Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
seed	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Fruit		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amomum aromaticum Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 44 (1820).
Amomum jainii S.Tripathi & V.Prakash Nordic J. Bot. 19: 609 (1999).
Wurfbainia jainii (S.Tripathi & V.Prakash) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen Taxon 67: 30 (2018).
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 (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Amomum aromaticum (Roxb)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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)
Amomum jainii S. Tripathi & V. Prakash	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Wurfbainia aromatica (Roxb.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Wurfbainia jainii (S.Tripathi & V.Prakash) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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