Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) 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:
laja goa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
langkuas malaka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
saliyeridumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizomes		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rhizome, fruit	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Catimbium malaccense (Burm.f.) Holttum Gard. Bull. Singapore 13: 155 (1950).
Languas malaccensis (Burm.f.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 343 (1921).
Alpinia nutans var. sericea Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 256 (1892).
Buekia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 1 (1797).
Maranta malaccensis Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 2 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia malaccensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Rosc.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Roscoe	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia malaccensis Rosc.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Catimbium malaccense (Burm.f.) Holttum	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Languas malaccensis Merr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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