Alpinia calcarata, Chittaratha, Kolinchi, Snap Ginger, ചിറ്റരത്ത, കോലിഞ്ചി

Family: Zingiberaceae
Vernacular names: Chittaratha, Kolinchi, ചിറ്റരത്ത, കോലിഞ്ചി (Malayalam), Snap Ginger (English), Kulanjana (Sanskrit),
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Rhizomatous herbs. Leaves sessile, lamina glabrous, linear-lanceolate. Inflorescence terminal, densely paniculate, lower cincinni 4-flowered, upper 2-flowered. Flowers white streaked with red and yellow. Fruit globose; seeds many.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Widely cultivated, sometimes runs wild
Flowering & Fruiting: May-December

Parts used: Rhizomes
Properties & Uses: Rhizome is stomachic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, diuretic, expectorant and carminative. It is used for the treatment of headache, bronchitis, lumbago, rheumatic pains, sore throat, stuttering, pain in the chest, diabetes, burning of the liver and tubercular glands.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda,
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