Alpinia zerumbet: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Alpinia zerumbet (Persoon) B.L. Burtt & R.M. Smith is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Alpinia cristata Griff., Alpinia fimbriata Gagnep., Alpinia fluviatilis Hayata, Alpinia schumanniana Valeton, Alpinia speciosa D. Dietr., Alpinia speciosa K. Schum., Alpinia speciosa (J.C. Wendland) K. Schumann, nom. illeg., Alpinia speciosa var. longiramosa Gagnep., Amomum nutans Roem. & Schult., Amomum nutans (Andrews) Schult., Catimbium nutans Juss. ex T. Lestib., Catimbium nutans (Andrews) Juss. ex Lestib., Catimbium speciosum (J.C. Wendl.) Holttum, Costus zerumbet Persoon, Languas schumanniana (Valeton) Sasaki, Languas schumanniana Sasaki, Languas speciosa (J.C. Wendland) Small, Languas speciosa Small, Renealmia nutans Andrews, Renealmia spectabilis Rusby, Zerumbet speciosum J.C. Wendland.
References regarding Alpinia zerumbet (Persoon) B.L. Burtt & R.M. Smith for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Asiatic Researches (1810)
· Mant. (1822)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1841)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1892)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1902)
· Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier
· Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg (1904)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1904)
· Flora of the Southeastern United States, ed. 2
· Icones Plantarum Formosanarum nec non et Contributiones ad Floram Formosanam (1915)
· Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan (1924)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1927)
· Gard. Bull. Singapore (1950)
· Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh (1972)

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See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+1): Sittarattai, Dumaraasme, Cirraraddai, Chitharaththai, Dumbaraashtaka, Kastazerambet, Puna-champa, Nag-damani, Shell plant, Shell ginger, Shellflower, Yan shan jiang, Dumbarashtaka, Dumbaraasme, Pink porcelain lily, Cirrarattai, Sthulagranthi, Ginger lily, Pullei, Punnag-champa.
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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Alpinia speciosa < [2014: Volume 3, September supplementary issue 7]
Review < [2014: Volume 3, December issue 10]
An overview on extraction and purification of flavonoids from medicinal plants < [2018: Volume 7, May special issue 10]
Effects of Biochar and Biochar–Compost Mix on Growth, Performance and... < [Volume 13, Issue 20 (2021)]
Imposed Water Deficit after Anthesis for the Improvement of Macronutrients,... < [Volume 10, Issue 12 (2018)]
Replacing Peat with Biochar < [Volume 17, Issue 9 (2025)]
International Journal of Pharmacology
Phytochemical Screening and Biological Activities of Some Species of Alpinia... < [Volume 14, Number 3 (2018)]
MMP-13 Inhibitory Activity of Thirteen Selected Plant Species from Okinawa < [Volume 4, Number 3 (2008)]
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
Molecular Dynamic of Pinostrobin and Pinocembrin from Kaempferia pandurata... < [Vol. 12 No. 04: Supplementary Issue (2018)]
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Anthelmintic activity of acetone extracts from South African plants used on... < [Vol 83, No 1 (2016)]