Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Kaempferia rotunda
Scientific Name and Description
Kaempferia rotunda L
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Kaempferia bhucampac Jones
Zerumbet zeylanica Garsault
Kaempferia longa Jacq.
Kaempferia versicolor Salisb.
Zerumbet zeylanica Garsault
Kaempferia longa Jacq.
Kaempferia versicolor Salisb.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Bhumi champa,bhuichampa, bhuyicampa |
| Sanskrit | Bhumi champaka, bhucampaka, bhuchampaka, bhumicampaka, bhumichampa, bhumichampaka, hallakah, hallakam, utpala, utpalam |
| Bengali | Bhuichampa |
| Marathi | Bhuikamphor, bhuichampa, bhuichapa, bhumy-champo, booichampa |
| Tamil | Manjal karpooravalli,karunkuvalai, konda-kalava, nerpichan, nerppicin, pucanpakam, pumicampakam, pumicanpakam |
| Kannada | kallu kove, kalluloove, kumada gedde, kumudagadde, nela sampige, nelasampige, utpala hoovu |
| Malayalam | cennalinirkilannu, cennalinirkkilannu, cennalinirkuva, chenchineerkilang, malan-kua |
| Telugu | bhoochampakamu, bhucampakamu, bhuchampakamu, kondakalava, kondakaluva |
| Common Name | round galangal, porcupine ginger, bhumi champa |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Rhizome
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Kaempferia rotunda L. Herb Whole plant - General Chopda and Mahajan 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Kaempferia rotunda. (2024, June 1). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaempferia_rotunda