EPPO Global Database

Kaempferia galanga(KAEGA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: KAEGA
  • Preferred name: Kaempferia galanga
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

India, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Laos), China (southern, Hainan) . Used as a vegetable, and medicinally. Introduced in Sri Lanka, eastern China (including Taiwan), Malesia (Philippines, Moluccas, southeastern islands)


Common names
Name
Language
shān nài Chinese
山柰 Chinese
kentjoer Dutch
galanga English
sand ginger English
cekur Indonesian
cananga-do-japão Portuguese
galanga Portuguese