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Taxon:
Alpinia galanga
(L.) Willd.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Alpinia
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
2666
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1(1):12. 1797
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
03/10/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Maranta galanga
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Languas galanga
(L.) Stuntz
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Farr, E. R. et al., eds.
1979, 1986. Index nomina genericorum
Note:
1979; suppl. 1986
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Alpinia+galanga&quantity=1
Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds.
1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:65-68.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Kress, W. J. et al.
2005. The molecular phylogeny of
Alpinia
(Zingiberaceae): a complex and polyphyletic genus of gingers. Amer. J. Bot. 92:167-178.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Newman, M. et al.
2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:15.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Wagstaff, D. J.
2008. International poisonous plants checklist: an evidence-based reference
Note:
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:32.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
greater galanga –
Reference(s)
languas –
Reference(s)
Siamese-ginger –
Reference(s)
French
galanga de l'Inde –
Reference(s)
grand galanga –
Reference(s)
German
Galgant –
Reference(s)
siamesische Ingwerlilie –
Reference(s)
Spanish
calanga –
Reference(s)
garengal –
Reference(s)
Swedish
stor galangarot –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
Orchid Island
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
native?
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Indochina
native?
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Kalimantan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
native?
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Singapore
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
s.
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
(Orchid Island)
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
(native?)
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
(native?),
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Kalimantan],
Malaysia
(native?),
Philippines
,
Singapore
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
(s.)
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
India
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:61.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References