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Taxon:
Alpinia officinarum
Hance
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Alpinia
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
101035
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13:6. 1873
Verified:
10/22/1997
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
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Languas officinarum
(Hance) Farw.
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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.
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds.
1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 2:199.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
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+officinarum&quantity=1
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#
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.
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
Smith, R. M.
1990.
Alpinia
(Zingiberaceae): a proposed new infrageneric classification. Edinburgh J. Bot. 47:52.
Common names
English
Chinese-ginger –
Reference(s)
lesser galanga –
Reference(s)
lesser galangal –
Reference(s)
French
galangal officinal –
Reference(s)
petite galanga –
Reference(s)
German
Galgant –
Reference(s)
Italian
galanga –
Reference(s)
Spanish
galangal –
Reference(s)
Swedish
liten galangarot –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
Asia-Tropical
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
,
Vietnam
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
spice from dried rhizome
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Materials
essential oils
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds.
1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 2:199.
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