Zingiberaceae
Lesser galangal
Alpinia officinarum
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Alpinia
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- خولنجان طبي, خولنجان صغي, الخولنجان, الخولنجان الصيني
- arz
- خولنجان طبى
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman alpiniyası
- Burmese
- ပတဲကောလေး
- Chinese
- 高良姜, 高良薑, 小良姜, 小高良薑
- Czech
- Galgán lékařský
- English
- Lesser galangal
- French
- Petit galanga, Galangal officinal
- German
- Echter Galgant, Galgantwurzel, Kleiner Galgant
- Indonesian
- Lengkuas kecil
- Italian
- Galanga minore
- Japanese
- コウリョウキョウ, 良姜
- Korean
- 고량강, 양강
- Kurdish
- Xavlêcan
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinė alpinija
- Persian
- خولنجان
- Russian
- Альпиния лекарственная, Калган лекарственный, Галангал малый
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈႁဵဝ်းႁွမ်
- Slovak
- Alpínia liečivá
- Swedish
- Liten galangarot
- Tamil
- சிற்றரத்தை
- Turkish
- Havlıcan, Galanga, Galangal
- Vietnamese
- Riềng
Synonyms
- Languas officinarum (Hance) Farw.
Flowers
- In flower
- January (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Lesser galangal: 高良薑 Alpinia officinarum [香港動植物公園 Hong Kong Botanical Garden]](/plants/alpinia-officinarum/photos/cb762da9b4e8eb26-s.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Lesser galangal: 高良薑 Alpinia officinarum [香港動植物公園 Hong Kong Botanical Garden]](/plants/alpinia-officinarum/photos/cb762da9b4e8eb26-l.webp)
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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.