Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Alpinia sessilis J.Koenig |
| synonym | Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn |
| synonym | Kaempferia humilis Salisb. |
| synonym | Kaempferia latifolia Donn ex Hornem. |
| synonym | Kaempferia marginata Carey ex Roscoe |
| synonym | Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb. |
| synonym | Kaempferia procumbens Noronha |
| synonym | Kaempferia rotunda Blanco, nom. illeg. |
🗒 Common Names
| Assamese |
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📚 Overview
Description
A perennial aromatic herb with very fragrant underground parts; leaves two or more, spreading flat on the ground, roundovate, thin, deep green, petioles very short, chanelled; flowers white with purplish spots in the axillary fascicles, corolla tube 2.5 cm long, connective of anther produced in to a quadrate two-lobed appendage; fruits oblong, 3-celled and 3- valved capsules, seeds arillate. The underground rhizome has one or more prominent, vertically oriented tuberous root stock and many small secondary tubers and roots, their tips becoming tuberous.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Plant upto 45cm tall
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Forested areas
Open forest, forest edges, and bamboo forest, on various soils, at elevations up to 1,000 metres
Description
Global Distribution
India: North East Region
Indian Distribution
Silbori Forest
Southern China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1263
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1263 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1263
- Preetha, T. S., Hemanthakumar , A. S., Krishnan, P. N. (2016) A comprehensive review of Kaempferia galanga L. (Zingiberaceae): A high sought medicinal plant in Tropical Asia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, 4(3): 270-276
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1263
- Preetha, T. S., Hemanthakumar , A. S., Krishnan, P. N. (2016) A comprehensive review of Kaempferia galanga L. (Zingiberaceae): A high sought medicinal plant in Tropical Asia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, 4(3): 270-276
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Zingiberales |
| Family | Zingiberaceae |
| Genus | Kaempferia |
| Species | Kaempferia galanga L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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