Kaempferia galanga: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Kaempferia galanga L. 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 sessilis J. König, Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia Donn ex Gagnepain, Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn, Kaempferia humilis Salisb., Kaempferia latifolia Donn, Kaempferia latifolia Donn ex Hornem., Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb., Kaempferia procumbens Noronha, Kaempferia rotunda Blanco, nom. illeg., Kaempferia rotunda Don, Kaempferia rotunda L..

References regarding Kaempferia galanga L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Observationes Botanicae (1783)
· Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschapen (1790)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Hort. Cantabrig., ed. 3 (1804)
· Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1812)
· Hort. Bot. Hafn. (1813)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6 (1841)
· Fl. Indo-Chine (1908)
· Transactions of the Papua and New Guinea Scientific Society (1960)
· J. Agr. Trop. Bot. Appl. (1962)
· Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh (1972)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1984)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1991)

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