Difference between revisions of "Boesenbergia rotunda"

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'''''Boesenbergia rotunda''''', commonly known as '''Chinese keys''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?100983|title=USDA GRIN Taxonomy}}</ref> '''fingerroot''', '''lesser galangal''' or '''Chinese ginger''', is a medicinal and culinary herb from [[China]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. In English, the root has traditionally been called fingerroot, because the shape of the [[rhizome]] resembles that of fingers growing out of a center piece.
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==Common names==
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* Cambodian:k'cheay (Khmer: ខ្ជាយ)
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* Indonesian: temu kunci
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* Sinhalese: haran kaha (හරං කහ)
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* Thai: krachai
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* Vietnamese: bông nga truật
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 11:49, 5 November 2017

Boesenbergia rotunda
Temu kunci.png
Scientific classification
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B. rotunda
Binomial name
Boesenbergia rotunda
Synonyms[1]
  • Boesenbergia cochinchinensis (Gagnep.) Loes.
  • Boesenbergia pandurata (Roxb.) Schltr.
  • Curcuma rotunda L.
  • Gastrochilus panduratus (Roxb.) Ridl.
  • Gastrochilus rotundus (L.) Alston
  • Kaempferia cochinchinensis Gagnep.
  • Kaempferia ovata Roscoe
  • Kaempferia pandurata Roxb.

Boesenbergia rotunda, commonly known as Chinese keys,[2] fingerroot, lesser galangal or Chinese ginger, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia. In English, the root has traditionally been called fingerroot, because the shape of the rhizome resembles that of fingers growing out of a center piece.

Common names

  • Cambodian:k'cheay (Khmer: ខ្ជាយ)
  • Indonesian: temu kunci
  • Sinhalese: haran kaha (හරං කහ)
  • Thai: krachai
  • Vietnamese: bông nga truật

References

Acknowledgements

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