Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hóng huā yuè táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiāng kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
red ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yuè táo shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
姜科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
月桃属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红花月桃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, frond, fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alpinia grandis K.Schum. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 103 (1898).
Alpinia purpurata var. albobracteata K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 324 (1904).
Alpinia purpurata var. anomala Gagnep. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 128: 59 (1935).
Alpinia purpurata var. grandis (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 324 (1904).
Guillainia novoebudica F.Muell. Contr. Phytogr. New Hebrides: 20 (1873).
Guillainia purpurata Vieill. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 10: 93 (1866).
Languas purpurata (Vieill.) Kaneh. Fl. Micron.: 412 (1933).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alpinia purpurata	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum.	Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alpinia purpurea	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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