Taxon:
Kaempferia galanga L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:2. 1753
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
galanga – German
indische Gewürzlilie – India
chandramula – Malay
chekur – Swedish
kentjur –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Laos, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java], Malaysia, Philippines
Economic Uses
Food additives
Human food
vegetable (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):334. 1999) – Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):334. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –