Zingiberaceae

Alpinia calcarata (Andrews) Roscoe

Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Alpinia

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 距花山姜, 距花山薑, 云南野砂仁
Malayalam: ചിറ്റരത്ത

Synonyms

Alpinia alata A.Dietr.
Alpinia bracteata Roscoe
Alpinia cernua Sims
Alpinia erecta Lodd. ex Steud.
Alpinia simsii Gasp.
Alpinia spicata Roxb.
Catimbium erectum (Redouté) Juss. ex T.Lestib.
Globba erecta Redouté
Languas calcarata (Haw.) Merr.
Renealmia calcarata Haw.
Renealmia erecta (Redouté) Boos
Renealmia minor Roem. & Schult.

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Satheesan.vn at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.