Blue Ginger
Scientific name of Blue Ginger: Alpinia galanga
Name of Blue Ginger in different languages:-
English: Thai ginger, Java Galangal
Sanskrit: Gandhabija, Rasana, Ugragandha, Sugandha, Mahabharivaca, Kulaj, Gandhamula, Kulanjan, Mahabhairavach, Malayavaca.
Hindi: Rasna
Malayalam: Valiya Aratha വലിയ അരത്ത, Malaenchi-മലയിഞ്ചി
Plant description:
Blue Ginger -Alpinia galanga is herb grows in rhizomes, in long clumps up to 2 m in height from rhizomes in stiff stalks, the leaves are dark green abundant and long, sword-shaped, tapered at apex, sword-shaped, length up to 75 cm long and 10 cm wide, the rhizome is like ginger. The fruits are pos, green, resemble with cardamom, found in clusters, at clumps apex, turns red when ripe and contain many black small seeds inside the pod.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Sword shaped | Margin-Entire | Venation-parallel |
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Useful plant parts:
Rhizome
Medicinal uses:
To treat skin problem, to increase taste, appetite, good voice.
Chemical content:
Galangin
How to prepare medicines:
Blue Ginger is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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