🚀 Kaempferia elegans

Traditional Herbs from Kaempferia elegans

wound

• Take enough purple galangal rhizome, wash it thoroughly.
• Crush it until it becomes a paste.
• Apply it to the wound.

What is Kaempferia elegans Looks like??

Parts of Kaempferia elegans that could be used

• Leaves
• Flowers
• Rhizomes

Kaempferia elegans Distribution

Purple flower kencur or Kaempferia elegans comes from China (Sichuan) to Indo-China, Kalimantan. This plant is a good ground cover species with beautiful purple flowers and attractive leaf patterns. Another benefit of this plant is its oil which is used in perfume, soap, cream and others.�
Agroecology of Kaempferia elegans
Grows well in partially shaded to fully shaded environments, on various types of moist and well-drained soil.
Morphology of Kaempferia elegans

• Fibrous roots.
• Succulent stems contain a lot of water.
• Leaves are broadly elliptical, up to 25 cm in size, with an irregular pattern of dark green and silver bones, parallel leaves, short petioles, flat leaf edges.
• Small flowers about 2 cm, the flowers are located on the stem in the leaf axils (flos axillaris), light purple in color and have 4 petals.

Cultivation of Kaempferia elegans
Propagated by rhizomes and division of seedlings into clumps.

Kaempferia elegans, more details :

Chemical Content of Kaempferia elegans
Information unknown. Need further investigation.
Benefits of Kaempferia elegans
Stimulates the growth of new cells, treats wounds and treats throat infections. Has carminative, diuretic, expectorant, pectoal properties.
Simplisia of Kaempferia elegans

Another Facts for Kaempferia elegans :

Synonym of Kaempferia elegans
Kaempferia atrovirens N.E.Br., Kaempferia crawfurdia Wall. ex Horan., Kaempferia philippiana (A.Dietr.) K.Schum.
Habitus of Kaempferia elegans
Herb. Annual herb, 35-40 cm high
Habitat of Kaempferia elegans

• Forest
• Land