{"id":1360104,"date":"2011-03-10T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T10:24:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:21:46","slug":"kaempferia-galanga","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/kaempferia-galanga\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaempferia galanga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kaempferia<\/i> galanga<\/i> L.<\/span><\/a>, Sp. Pl. 3 1753<\/i>. (Syn: Alpinia<\/i> sessilis<\/i> J.K\u00f6nig<\/span><\/a>; Kaempferia<\/i> galanga<\/i> var. latifolia<\/i> (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn<\/span><\/a>; Kaempferia<\/i> humilis<\/i> Salisb.<\/span><\/a>; Kaempferia<\/i> latifolia<\/i> Donn ex Hornem.<\/span><\/a>; Kaempferia<\/i> plantaginifolia<\/i> Salisb.<\/span><\/a>; Kaempferia<\/i> procumbens<\/i> Noronha<\/span><\/a>; Kaempferia<\/i> rotunda<\/i> Blanco<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]);
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Common name:<\/b> Aromatic Ginger, Resurrection lily, Lesser galangal, Sand ginger \u2022 Hindi<\/b><\/span>: \u091a\u0901\u0926\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0942\u0932\u093e Chandramula, Sidhoul \u2022 Marathi<\/b><\/span>: \u0915\u091a\u0930\u0940 Kachri, \u0915\u092a\u0942\u0930 \u0915\u091a\u0930\u0940 Kapur kachri \u2022 Tamil<\/b><\/span>: \u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd Kacholum, Pulankilanku \u2022 Malayalam<\/b><\/span>: Kachhuram, Katjulam \u2022 Kannada<\/b><\/span>: Kachchura, Kachhoora \u2022 Bengali<\/b><\/span>: ekangi, bhui champa \u2022 Assamese<\/b><\/span>: \u099a\u0982\u09a6\u09cd\u09f0\u09ae\u09c2\u09b2\u09be Chandramula \u2022 Sanskrit<\/b><\/span>: \u091a\u0901\u0926\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0942\u0932\u093f\u0915\u093e Chandramoolika, corakah, karcurah, Sathi, Sati, \u0938\u0941\u0917\u0902\u0927\u092e\u0942\u0932\u093e Sugandhamula<\/div>\n
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Kaempferia galanga, commonly known as kencur<\/b>, aromatic ginger<\/b>, sand ginger<\/b>, cutcherry<\/b> or resurrection lily<\/b>, is a monocotyledonous<\/span><\/a> plant in the ginger family<\/span><\/a>, and one of four plants called galangal<\/span><\/a>.
\nIt is found primarily in open areas in <\/span>Indonesia<\/span><\/a>, southern <\/span>China<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Taiwan<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Cambodia<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>India<\/span><\/a>, but is also widely cultivated throughout <\/span>Southeast Asia<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The plant is used as a herb in cooking in Indonesia, where it is called kencur<\/i>, and especially in <\/span>Javanese cuisine<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Balinese cuisine<\/span><\/a>. Beras kencur<\/i>, which combines dried K. galanga<\/i> powder with <\/span>rice flour<\/span><\/a>, is a particularly popular jamu<\/a><\/i> herbal drink used to treat rheumatism and abdominal pain.[1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Its leaves are also used in the Malay rice dish, nasi ulam<\/i>.
\n<\/span>Unlike the similar Boesenbergia rotunda<\/a><\/i> (Thai \u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e22 krachai<\/i>), K. galanga<\/i> is not commonly used in Thai cuisine, but can be bought as a dried rhizome or in powder form at herbal medicine stalls. It is known in Thai as proh horm<\/i> (\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e32\u0e30\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21) or waan horm<\/i> (\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e2d\u0e21). It is also used in Chinese cooking and <\/span>Chinese medicine<\/span><\/a>, and is sold in Chinese groceries under the name sha jiang<\/i> (<\/span>Chinese<\/span><\/a>: \u6c99<\/a>\u59dc<\/a><\/span>; <\/span>pinyin<\/span><\/a>: shajiang<\/i>),[2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> while the plant itself is referred to as shan nai<\/i> (<\/span>Chinese<\/span><\/a>: \u5c71<\/a>\u67f0<\/a><\/span>; <\/span>pinyin<\/span><\/a>: shannai<\/i>).[3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Kaempferia galanga<\/i> has a peppery camphorous taste.[2]<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/sup><\/span>K. galanga<\/i> is differentiated from other galangals by the absence of stem and dark brown, rounded rhizomes,<\/span> while the other varieties all have stems and pale rosebrown rhizomes<\/span>.<\/span>[citation needed<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/sup> It is also sometimes called <\/span>Lesser galangal<\/b><\/span><\/a>, which properly refers to <\/span>Alpinia officinarum<\/i>. <\/span>K. galanga<\/i> is also erroneously called <\/span>zedoary<\/span><\/a><\/i>.<\/span>[citation needed<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/sup>
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Fwd: Kaempferia galanga<\/a> :<\/div>\n
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Region- Malappuram dist, Kerala State<\/span><\/div>\n
Family –Zingiberaceae<\/i><\/div>\n
habitat – cultivated<\/span><\/div>\n
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malayalam – kacholam \/ kachooram<\/b><\/div>\n
common name – resurrection lilly<\/b><\/div>\n
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habit – smooth stemless shrub<\/span><\/div>\n
leaves – horizontally spreading, broadly ovate\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
flower – with lanceolate bracts, slender corolla tube,2-3 cm long, with a lip cleft in the middle
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MNP, Apr 2014 :: Requesting ID of this plant :: 18JUL14 :: ARK-17<\/a> : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3).
\nRequesting to please ID this plant captured <\/span>in MNP, Mumbai <\/span>in Apr 2014.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Kaempferia galanga<\/i> L. [<\/span>Zingiberaceae<\/i>].<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thank you … for the ID…. When does it flower?<\/p>\n

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Usually flowers in these monsoon months. It is also a good container plant and is flowering at the moment in a friend’s balcony garden in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

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Thanks … for the info…I will try to visit MNP to check for any flowers….<\/p>\n

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Fwd: Kaempferia galanga from Kerala<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).
\nKaempferia galanga<\/i> photo taken <\/span>from Kerala.<\/span> It is a good medicinal plant for a variety of ayurvedic formulations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Zingiberaceae : Kaempferia galanga : Mumbai : 140814 : AK-32<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
\nSeen <\/span>at Maharashtra Nature Park<\/span>, <\/span>Mumbai<\/span> in August, 2012.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Zingiberaceae :: Kaempferia galanga from MNP :: ARKAUG-46<\/a> : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments(5).
\nAttached are pictures of <\/span>Kaempferia galanga<\/i> captured <\/span>at MNP<\/span> in April and August 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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AAZ Fortnight :: Zingiberaceae :: SMP12 :: Kaempferia galanga Dive agar<\/a> : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2).<\/div>\n
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Beautiful pictures of the flower. <\/span>Have posted the plant, yet to see the flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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References:
\n<\/span>POWO<\/a> \u00a0The Plant List<\/a> \u00a0GRIN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kaempferia galanga L., Sp. Pl. 3 1753. (Syn: Alpinia sessilis J.K\u00f6nig; Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn; Kaempferia humilis Salisb.; Kaempferia latifolia Donn ex Hornem.; Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb.; Kaempferia procumbens Noronha; Kaempferia rotunda Blanco [Illegitimate]); . India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7949],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1360104","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-kaempferia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1360104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1360104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1360104"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1360104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}