A plant family of the order Zingiberales, subclass Zingiberidae, class Liliopsida. It includes plants which have both flavoring and medicinal properties such as GINGER; turmeric (CURCUMA), and cardamom (ELETTARIA).
A plant genus. The root used in Thai cooking. Members contain CHALCONES.
Synonyms: Hedychiums, txid97748, Kaempferia, Renealmia, txid105703, txid97724, Renealmias, txid4642, Boesenbergia, Boesenbergias, Hedychium, txid188478, Aframomum, Aframomums, txid4645, Kaempferias, Zingiberaceae
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2002; see ZINGIBERALES 1997-2001 ,prefer specific plant ,2002; use ZINGIBERALES 1997-2001
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D030521
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