Translations:Galangal/3/en

Differentiation

The word galangal, or its variant galanga or archaically galingale, can refer in common usage to the aromatic rhizome of any of four plant species in the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family, namely:

• Alpinia galanga, also called greater galangal, lengkuas, Siamese ginger or laos
• Alpinia officinarum, or lesser galangal
• Boesenbergia rotunda, also called Chinese ginger or fingerroot
• Kaempferia galanga, also called kencur, black galangal or sand ginger