spice or flavor-producing plant
galangal plant
The word galangal, or its variant galanga, can refer in common usage to the aromatic rhizome of any of four plant species in the *Zingiberaceae* (ginger) family, namely: *Alpinia galanga*, greater galangal; *Alpinia officinarum*, lesser galangal, *Kaempferia galanga*, also called kencur, black galangal or sand ginger, and *Boesenbergia rotunda*, also called Chinese ginger or fingerroot; *Kaempferia galanga*, also called kencur, black galangal or sand ginger. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galangal]
Zingiberaceae
alpinia spp.
galanga
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