Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Alpinia galanga
Scientific Name and Description
Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Costus arabicus L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | कulanjan (Kulanjan),bara-kalijan, bara-kulanjan, barakalijan, barakulanjan, barakulinjan, kulanajn, kulanjan, kulinjan, saphed-panaki-jhad |
| Marathi | सुंठ Sunth, kolinjan, kosht-kulinjan, koshtkulinjan, kulimjan |
| Tamil | இஞ்சிவேர் Injiver |
| Telugu | వాంగ Vanga |
| Kannada | ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ Yelakki,dhumarasmi, doddadumprashme, doopparaasme, dumbaraasme, dumbarasme, dumbraashta, dumpa rasme, dumpa-rasmi, dumparaasme, dumrashta, gandhamoola, kulinjana, raasmi, rasmi, rasmini, sugandhavachi, sugandhavaci, sughandavachi |
| Malayalam | aratta, chitta-ratta, cittaratta, pera-ratta, peraratta, perasatta |
| Sanskrit | aruna, dhumala, dhumparastma, dumparastma, elaparni, gandhamula, gandhavaruni, kapidruma, kemooka, koraja, kulangana, kulanja, kulanjana, kulin-jana, kulinjana, kushtam, mahabaravach, mahabharavacha, mahabhari vaca, mahabharivaca, malayavaca, nakuli, patala, purusha, raktapushpa, rasna, sthulagranthi, sugandha, sugandhamula, sugandhavacha, sugandhayoga, tikshnamula |
| Tamil | akkulati, anaivacampu, anandam, anantam, anantatam, , araddai, arattai, ardubam, arppatumam, arttupam, arttuvam, artupam, atitipam, attumam, atumam, cakunam, canna rastakam, caramarutam, cattiratci, cattiratti, cencaram, cerukkampam, cikamatakikam, cikamatam, cirenki, citakampam, cukantam, curacam, curatakku, curatakkutam, elaparani, erarattai,iracanacikam, iracanakikam, iracina, iratanai, irattaputpam,irattarenu, kandanaguliyam, kantamulam, kantanakuliyam, katiyastakam, kattiratci, kentacamakan, kentakanarani, kostum, kottakarai, kulancam, mitintarattai, mitintu, mulatiracam, mutical, nakuli ,narayanam, natanatam, oramrundu, ormaruntu, pavanam, pera-rattai, peraraddai, perarathai, perarathi, perarattai, perearetei, periareta, purantam, putakani, sattiradji, sugandam, thumbrashtagam, tiritosavatakacakkini, tittikam, tittipam, tittiram, tummarastakam, tumpakam,tumparastakam, tumparattakam, tumparattam, tumpurastakam, tumpurattakam, tumpurattam, tumras takam, turani, uttamam, vamanaci |
| Telugu | dumparaashtrakamu, dumparashtrakamu, kachoramu, pedda-dhumpa, pedda-dumpa-rashtrakam, peddadumparaashtrakmu, peddadumparashtrakamu, rash-trakam |
| Urdu | badi khulanjan, khulanjan, khulanjan nim kofta, kulanjan |
| Common names | greater galangal, simply galangal, greater galangal, lengkuas, blue ginger. |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Rhizome
Ethnopharmacology use
Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. Herb Rhizome inflammation and skin allergy caused by insect bites or microbes; hypnotic patients; rheumatism;aphrodisiac General Namsa et al. 2009
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Namsa et al. 2009
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Citations
Herb citations
Alpinia galanga. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpinia_galanga