Plant Details

Accepted name:: Wurfbainia aromatica (Roxb.) 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:
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)
bengal cardamoms	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
chow koh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chu k'eo yen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 et al., 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. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ts'ao kuo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 et al., 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. & Animal in Trad. Med., 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 et al., 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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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