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Alpinia galanga Alpinia mutica Alpinia officinarum Alpinia purpurata Alpinia zerumbet Ref: ITIS 182548 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=182548) |
Botanical name: Alpinia[?] galanga or Alpinia[?] officinarum
Botanical family: Zingiberaceae or Scilaminae[?]
Another plant, Kaempferia galanga, also in the ginger family, is called galanga[?].
A. galanga is also known as Chewing John, Little John Chew and Galanga Root. Under these names, it is used in folk medicine and in voodoo charms.
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