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Kaempferia galanga

Scientific Name
Kaempferia galanga
Family Name
Zingiberaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Chandumula humula (Bangladesh), Chandramula (India), Kencur (Indonesia),Gisol (general),disok (iloko),dusol (tagalog) (Philippines), Hinguru piyali (Sri Lanka), liền, sơn nại, tam nại, củ thiền liền (Vietnam)
Description
A handsome, glabrous, perennial, aromatic herb with fragrant under ground parts.Leaves two or more, spreading on ground, round-ovate, thin, deep green, channelled.Flowers white with purplish spots in axillary fascicles; corolla tubular, connective ofanther produced into a quadrate 2-lobed appendage. Fruits oblong, 3-celled and 3-valved. Seeds arillate. (India)
Perennial herbaceous plant, 1-2cm high, rhizomateus herb, simple leaf, broadlyelliptic or orbicular with rounded-subcordate base, glabrous above, sparsely hairybeneath, 6-14cm long, 4-10 wide, more or less strongly appressed against soil.Inflorescence terminal on rhizome between the leaves. Flowers white tinged withviolet, sessile, arising from the axil. (Indonesia)
Herbaceous plant with fleshly rhizomes. Leaves 2 or 3, spreading out close to theground, broadly elliptical in outline and asymmetrical, base rounded, 8-10cm long by6-7cm wide, petiole very short, 3-10mm long. Flowers white with a purple patch onone of the corolla. Rhizomes short and stout, light brown. (Laos)
A small herb; leaves usually 2-3(-5), sheaths 1.5-5cm long, blade often horizontal andappressed to the soil, broadly elliptical to suborbicular; inflorescence emerging frombetween the leaves, sessile, 4-12 flowered, labellum broadly ovate, divided to abouthalfway, white or pale purple with violet to purple spots at base. (Philippines)
Perennial herbaceous plant. Rhizome includes little ovate tubers. Leaves : 2 - 3 with broad blade, spreading flat on the ground, appearing annually in rainy season, hairy beneath. Flowers white tinged with violet, sessile, arising from the axil. All parts of the plant, especially the rhizome, are strongly aromatic (Vietnam)
Uses
Stimulant, expectorant, diuretic, carminative, cough, pectoral, affections, dandruff,sore throat, swellings, rheumatism, fever (Bangladesh)
Leprosy, skin diseases, rheumatism, asthma, cough, bronchitis, wounds, ulcers, fever,inflammation, nasal obstruction, strangury, haemorrhoids, ophthalmia, swellings(India)
Swellings, wounds, antidote, dyspepsia, malaria, chills, high blood pressure, ulcers,sprains, asthma (Indonesia)
Cardiotonic, blood tonic, toxic sputum, epistaxis, dysentery, diarrhea, boils. (Laos)
Cold, bronchitis, tuberculosis, headache, dyspepsia, malaria (Philippines)
Wounds, blood coagulation, carminative, cough, dandruff, diuretic, cosmetics (SriLanka)
Dyspepsia, pectoral, abdominal ailments, headache, tooth ache, cold, rheumatism(Vietnam)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Indonesia - Cimanggu
Philippines - LBES Medicinal Genebank, ERDB
Sri Lanka - Naula, Kanneliya, Ritigala, Meegahak, Pinna
Vietnam - Ha Noi
Remarks
Kaempferia galanga (GRIN)

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