Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 12 1797. (Syn: Alpinia alba (Retz.) Roscoe; Alpinia bifida Warb.; Alpinia carnea Griff.; Alpinia galanga var. pyramidata (Blume) K.Schum.; Alpinia pyramidata Blume; Alpinia rheedei Wight; Alpinia viridiflora Griff.; Amomum galanga (L.) Lour.; Amomum medium Lour.; Galanga major Garsault [Invalid]; Galanga officinalis Salisb.; Hellenia alba (Retz.) Willd.; Heritiera alba Retz.; Languas galanga (L.) Stuntz; Languas pyramidata (Blume) Merr.; Languas vulgare J.König; Maranta galanga L.; Zingiber galanga (L.) Stokes; Zingiber medium Stokes; Zingiber sylvestre Gaertn.); . S. China to W. & Central Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan as per POWO; . Common name: Galangal, siamese ginger, Greater Galangal • Hindi: bara-kulanjan • Kannada: dhumarasmi • Malayalam: chitta-ratta • Manipuri: ꯀꯡꯘꯨ Kanghu • Marathi: kosht-kulinjan • Sanskrit: dhumala, dhumparastma • Tamil: akkulati, anaivacampu • Tangkhul: Hirui • Telugu: dumparaashtrakamu • Urdu: Khulanjan, qulanjan • Mizo: Ai-chal • Punjabi: ਕੁਲੰਜਣ Kulanjan .
Date : 02 -07-2014 Location : Lengpui, Mizoram Altitude : c. 400 m. Habit : Herb Habitat : Growing wild on roadsides. Looks like Alpinia galanga to me. But let’s wait for experts’ comments. It is Alpinia galanga. Yes, nice photos of Alpinia galanga . Zingiberaceae family for ID : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3). Date : 02 -07-2014 Location : Lengpui, Mizoram Altitude : c. 400 m. Habit : Herb Habitat : Growing wild on roadsides. Looks like Alpinia galanga to me. But let’s wait for experts’ comments. It is Alpinia galanga. Yes, nice photos of Alpinia galanga
Aracaceae, Araceae & Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14Aug14: Alpinia galanga from Kerala : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: A. galangal : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Please find the photo of A. galanga Excellent photograph. Thanks for sharing
MS June, 2017/06 Alpinia sp. (A.galaga ?) fr ID/confirm : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Lengpui, Mizoram Altitude : 430 m. Date : 16-06-2017 Habit : Herb, up to 2.3 m tall Habitat : Wild Alpinia galanga
Attaching a collage of Alpinia galanga (KULANJAN/ GREATER GALANGAL). People at this place called this plant PUNDI. There is a place PUNDIBAR, where an agricultural university is located. Locals tells me that the tender inner part of the plant is eaten. The plant is a favorite of elephants.
ALPINIA GALANGA: . info regarding Alpinia:
You please go through the attached images of A. calcarata, A. galnga and one paper of A. purpurata. I think it is sufficient for you for the identification of the plants from field. If you want the detailed description then i will send that later. Plant Horti Tech.pdf . |
Alpinia galanga
Updated on December 24, 2024