Images and Information of Alpinia zerumbet

Botanical Name -

Full Botanical citation -

Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L. Burtt & R.M.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 3: 204. 1972; Sabu.M, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India, Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, 73. 2006.

Family -

ZINGIBERACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Folk

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Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Alpinia speciosa K.SCHWM.

Vernacular names -

Total 12 Vernacular names found in 5 languages.

English (1) - shell ginger

Kannada (4) - dumaraasme, dumbaraashtaka, dumbaraasme, dumbarashtaka

Marathi (2) - nag-damani, puna-champa

Sanskrit (1) -

Sanskrit Comments

sthulagranthi

Tamil (4) - chitharaththai, cirraraddai, cirrarattai, sittarattai