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Kaempferia rotunda

Scientific Name
Kaempferia rotunda
Family Name
Zingiberaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Bhui champa. (Bangladesh), Bhuichampa (India), Temu putri (Indonesia),Kencur, kunyit putih, temu putih (peninsular). (Malaysia), Gisol na bilog (general)(Philippines)
Description
A handsome aromatic herb with tuberous root-stock . Leaves simple, few, erect,oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, variegated green above, tinged with purplebelow. Flowers fragrant, white, lip purple or lilac in crowded spikes, openingsuccessively. (India)
Herb (up to 1 m) rhizome ant side yellow grey (Indonesia)
A small herb; leaves (2-)3-5, erect, petiolate, sheaths 7-24cm long blade oblong-lanceolate to elliptical, (7-)12-25(-36)cm x 4-7(-11)cm, gradually acuminate, glabrousabove, puberulous below, often flamed or marked; inflorescence appearing before theleaves on stems with rudimentary leaves, on a well-developed peduncle, 4-16-flowered; calyx 3-7cm long, white or greenish, corolla white, interruptedly striped-punctate, tube 3.5-7cm long, lobes 3.5-7cm long, labellum obcordate, divided halfwayor further, 4-7cm x 2-4cm, purple with yellowish midrib, other staminodes ellipticalto linear, 3-5cm long, white or lilac, fertile stamen 0.8-2.5cm long, connective 2-4-lobed. Kaempferia rotunda grows well in teak forest, open lower montane forest, oldbamboo forest, but also in open grassland, up to 1300m altitude. (Malaysia)
A small herb; 2-3 leaves; erect, petiolate, sheaths 7-24cm long, blade oblong-lanceolate to elliptical; inflorescence appearing before the leaves on stemsrudimentary leaves, 4-16 flowered, corolla white, interruptedly striped-punctate.(Philippines)
Uses
Stomachic, gastric disorders, paste, suppuration, cures, mumps, fresh, wounds(Bangladesh)
Gastric disorders, dropsy, inflammation, wounds, ulcers, blood clots, tumours,cancerous swellings (India)
Abdominal ailments, cooling, gastric disorders, cicatrizant (Indonesia)
Cooling, gastric disorders, cicatrizant, insects, abdominal ailments (Malaysia)
Gastric disorders (Philippines)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Indonesia - Cimanggu
Remarks
Kaempferia rotunda (GRIN)

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