Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpiniae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
alpiniae oxyphyllae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bitter cardamon	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
black cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
black cardamon seeds	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fructus alpiniae oxyphyllae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
sharp-leaf galangal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sharp-leaved galangal	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
sharpleaf galangal	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sharpleaf glangal fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
yi jhih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yi zhi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yi zhi ren	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
yizhi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
yìzhì	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
ích trí nhân	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ヤクチ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
益智	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
益智仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
ripe fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Fruit, seed		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit	fruit	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
fruit		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amomum amarum F.P.Sm. Contr. Mat. Med. China: 13 (1871).
Languas oxyphylla (Miq.) Merr. Sunyatsenia 1: 11 (1920).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia oxyphylla	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Alpinia oxyphylla Miquel	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia oxyphylla Miquer	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Amomum amarum F.P.Sm.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Amomum amarum Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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