Synonyms:

• (≡) Languas galanga (L.) Stuntz
• Basionym: Maranta galanga L.

Common names:

• greater galanga  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• languas  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• Siamese-ginger  (Source: Pl Book) - English
• galanga de l'Inde  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• grand galanga  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Galgant  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• siamesische Ingwerlilie  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• calanga  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• garengal  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• stor galangarot  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Food additives: flavoring (fide Pl Res SEAs 19:61. 1999)
• Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Guangdong, Yunnan, Guangxi]
• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan (Orchid Island)

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (native?)
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina (native?), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• MALESIA: Indonesia, [Kalimantan] Malaysia (native?), Philippines, Singapore


Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China (s.)

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India
• INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia

Southern America

• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Suriname


Other (exact native range obscure)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Chinese Academy of Sciences Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- (F China)
3. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
4. Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices (Pl Res SEAs) 13:65-68.
5. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 (Pl Book)
6. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
7. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants (Pl Res SEAs) 19:61.
8. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2666. Accessed 17 mayo 2024.