Zingiberaceae
Galanga
Kaempferia galanga
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Kaempferia
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Common names
By language (36)
- Assamese
- গাঁঠিয়ন
- azb
- کمپفری قالانقا
- ban
- Cekuh
- Bangla
- একাঙ্গী
- bjn
- Kancur
- Burmese
- ကွမ်းစားဂမုန်း
- Cantonese
- 山柰
- Chinese
- 山柰, 沙薑, 沙姜, 山奈
- Dutch
- Kentjoer
- English
- Galanga, Aromatic ginger, Kencur, Resurrection lily, Sand ginger
- Esperanto
- Kenĉuro
- Finnish
- Guineangalangali
- French
- Galanga camphré
- German
- Gewürzlilie
- gor
- Humopoto
- Indonesian
- Kencur, Cekur
- Japanese
- バンウコン, サンナ
- Javanese
- Kencur
- kge
- Cokur
- koi
- Кемпферия
- Korean
- 산내
- kv
- Кемпферия
- lzh
- 山柰
- mad
- Kencor
- Malay
- Cekur
- Malayalam
- കച്ചോലം
- min
- Cakua
- Portuguese
- Cananga-do-japão
- Russian
- Кемпферия галанга
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈဝၢၼ်ႁွမ်
- Sundanese
- Cikur
- Swedish
- Galangarot
- Tamil
- கச்சோளம்
- Thai
- เปราะหอม, ข่ามาราบา
- Vietnamese
- Địa liền
- za
- Hinggaeq
Synonyms
- Alpinia sessilis J.Koenig
- Kaempferia galanga var. galanga
- Kaempferia humilis Salisb.
- Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 24 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Satheesan.vn at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, 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 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.