Zingiber zerumbet, Kattinchi, Kolinchi, Wild Ginger, കാട്ടിഞ്ചി, കോലിഞ്ചി

Family: Zingiberaceae
Vernacular names: Kattinchi, Kolinchi, കാട്ടിഞ്ചി, കോലിഞ്ചി (Malayalam), Wild Ginger (English), Stulagrandhi (Sanskrit), Kattinci (Tamil)
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka and Malesia
Description: Aromatic herbs. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acuminate, pubescent below. Flowers pale to dark yellow with greenish red margined bracts. Capsule oblong; seeds 2-3 mm across, globose.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Evergreen forests
Flowering & Fruiting: July-November

Parts used: Rhizomes
Properties & Uses: Rhizome is used for the treatment of cough, asthma, worms, leprosy and other skin diseases. Rhizome is used along with Kaempferia parviflora for the treatment of gastric pain. Ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of the plant possesse wide range of antibacterial and antifungal properties.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
Traditional Uses:Decoction of rhizome with pepper is used against fever.
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