Zingiberaceae

Kaempferia elegans Wall.

Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Kaempferia

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Kaempferia elegans (Kaempferia elegans) — FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 紫花山柰
Malay: Cekur batik
Malayalam: കെംപ്ഫെറിയ എലിഗൻസ്

Synonyms

Kaempferia atrovirens N.E.Br.
Kaempferia crawfurdia Wall. ex Horan.
Kaempferia glauca Ridl.
Kaempferia philippiana (A.Dietr.) K.Schum.
Monolophus elegans (Wall.) Horan.
Monolophus philippianus A.Dietr.
Stahlianthus philippianus (A.Dietr.) Loes.

Flowers

In flower: May to August (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ink-Kawinwit Kittipalawattanapol, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Reinhart Sulaiman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Anthony Batista, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Adithyan A Saj, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.