Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Alpinia zerumbet
Scientific Name and Description
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt and R.M.Sm
Herb Family
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Costus zerumbet Pers.
Alpinia cristata Griff.
Alpinia fimbriata Gagnep.
Alpinia fluvitialis Hayata
Alpinia penicillata Roscoe
Alpinia schumanniana Valeton
Amomum nutans (Andrews) Schult.
Catimbium speciosum (J.C.Wendl.) Holttum
Languas schumanniana (Valeton) Sasaki
Languas speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) Small
Renealmia nutans Andrews
Renealmia spectabilis Rusby
Zerumbet speciosum J.C.Wendl.
Alpinia speciosa K.SCHWM.
Alpinia cristata Griff.
Alpinia fimbriata Gagnep.
Alpinia fluvitialis Hayata
Alpinia penicillata Roscoe
Alpinia schumanniana Valeton
Amomum nutans (Andrews) Schult.
Catimbium speciosum (J.C.Wendl.) Holttum
Languas schumanniana (Valeton) Sasaki
Languas speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) Small
Renealmia nutans Andrews
Renealmia spectabilis Rusby
Zerumbet speciosum J.C.Wendl.
Alpinia speciosa K.SCHWM.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common name | shell ginger |
| English | shell ginger |
| Kannada | dumaraasme, dumbaraashtaka, dumbaraasme, dumbarashtaka |
| Marathi | nag-damani, puna-champa |
| Sanskrit | sthulagranthi |
| Tamil | chitharaththai, cirraraddai, cirrarattai, sittarattai |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
References
Literature
Literature
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Alpinia zerumbet. (2023, July 25). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpinia_zerumbet