Alpinia galanga, a plant in the ginger family, bears a rhizome used largely as an herb in Unani medicine and as a spice in Arabic cuisine and Southeast Asian cookery. It is one of four plants known as "galangal". Its common names include greater galangal, lengkuas, and blue ginger.
Lengkua
species of plant
Also known as:
English:
greater galangalblue ginger
Latin species name:
Alpinia galanga
Wikidata ID:
Q402971
Wikipedia title:
Alpinia galanga
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