Zingiberaceae
Greater galangal
Alpinia galanga
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Alpinia
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Common names
By language (39)
- Arabic
- خولنجان كبير
- arz
- البينيا جالانجا
- ban
- Isén
- Bangla
- সুগন্ধাবচ
- Basque
- Alpinia
- bik
- Langkawas
- bjn
- Laus
- Burmese
- ပတဲကောကြီး
- Chinese
- 大高良姜, 大高良薑, 高良薑, 南薑, 大良薑, 山姜子, 紅荳蔻, 红豆蔻
- Czech
- Galgán velký
- Dutch
- Laos, Galanga, Galangawortel, Laoskruid, Thaise gember
- English
- Greater galangal
- Esperanto
- Galango
- German
- Thai-Ingwer, Galanga, Galangawurzel
- grc
- Γάλαγγα
- Hebrew
- גלנגל
- Indonesian
- Lengkuas, Kelawas, Laos
- Italian
- Galanga
- Japanese
- ナンキョウソウ, サンキョウ
- Javanese
- Laos
- Kannada
- ರಾನ್ನ
- kge
- Lawas
- Korean
- 큰고량강
- Lao
- ຂ່າ
- Latvian
- Alpīnija, Galangals
- lzh
- 廉薑
- Malay
- Lengkuas, Pokok Lengkuas
- Malayalam
- വലിയ അരത്ത
- min
- Langkuweh
- pam
- Langkwas
- Polish
- Dziki kardamon, Galangal większy, Gałgant chiński
- Slovak
- Alpínia galangová
- Spanish
- Hellenia alba
- Sundanese
- Laja
- Swedish
- Stor galangarot
- Tamil
- பேரரத்தை, அரத்தை
- Telugu
- దుంపరాష్ట్రము
- Thai
- ข่า
- Vietnamese
- Riềng nếp
Synonyms
- Alpinia alba (Retz.) Roscoe
- Alpinia bifida Warb.
- Alpinia carnea Griff.
- Alpinia galanga var. galanga
- Alpinia galanga var. pyramidata (Blume) K.Schum.
- Alpinia galanga var. zingiberina (Hook.f.) Baker
- Alpinia pyramidata Blume
- Alpinia rheedei Wight
- Alpinia viridiflora Griff.
- Alpinia zingiberina Hook.f.
- Amomum galanga (L.) Lour.
- Amomum medium Lour.
- Galanga major Garsault
- Galanga officinalis Salisb.
- Heritiera alba Retz.
- Languas galanga (L.) Stuntz
- Languas pyramidata (Blume) Merr.
- Languas vulgare J.Koenig
- Maranta galanga L.
- Zingiber galanga (L.) Stokes
- Zingiber medium (Lour.) Stokes
- Zingiber sylvestre Gaertn.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. McLeod assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 何小花, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kiwi Shen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.