Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia calcarata (Andrews) Roscoe [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aratha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
araththa	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
aratta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikkadumparaasme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitharathai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittaratha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
heen araththa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
katukiriya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rasna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snap ginger	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
කටුකීරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
හීන් අරත්ත	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rhizome	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alpinia alata A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 45 (1831).
Alpinia bracteata Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. London 11: 281 (1816).
Alpinia calcarata var. compacta Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 48: 85 (1902).
Alpinia cernua Sims Bot. Mag. 44: t. 1900 (1817).
Alpinia erecta Lodd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 62 (1840), pro syn.
Alpinia roscoeana Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 63 (1840), nom. illeg.
Alpinia simsii Gasp. Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 4: 5 (1832).
Alpinia spicata Roxb. Asiat. Res. 11: 356 (1810), nom. illeg.
Catimbium erectum (Redouté) Juss. ex T.Lestib. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 342 (1841).
Globba erecta Redouté Liliac. 3: t. 174 (1807).
Languas calcarata (Andrews) Merr. Lingnan Sci. J. 5: 51 (1927 publ. 1928).
Renealmia calcarata Andrews Bot. Repos. 6: t. 421 (1805).
Renealmia erecta (Redouté) Boos Schönbrunn's Fl.: 2 (1816).
Renealmia minor Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 32 (1817).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia calcarata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Alpinia calcarata (Andrews) Roscoe	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alpinia calcarata (Haw.) Rosc.	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Alpinia calcarata (Haw.) Roscoe	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia calcarata Rosc.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Alpinia calcarata Roscoe	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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