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#Dlium Kencur (Kaempferia galanga) is a plant species in Zingiberaceae, annual terna, low basal stem, approximately 20 cm, growing in clumps in the lowlands or mountains that do not require much water and are widely cultivated for tubers as spices and stimulants.
K. galanga has leaves attached to the ground surface. The leaves are arranged as a root rozet or alternately on the stem, wake lancet and pinnate or parallel bone. The leaf stalks turn into split midribs which sometimes have tongue and pseudo stem which are immersed in the ground, 1.5-3.5 cm long and white.
The number of leaves is no more than 2-3 strands, green with brownish red and wavy edges. Oval-shaped leaves wide to round, 7-15 cm long, 2-8 cm wide, pointed tip, curved base, smooth edge and smooth haired lower surface. A large pulse makes a ditch in the middle.
Single flower, 2.5-5 cm long, half seated and asymmetrical. Stamens have a length of 4 mm and are yellow. Pistil white or purplish white. The crown has a dominant white color. Haous pistil stems in a groove of stamens. Fruit will sink, has 3 chambers or 1 basal or parietal placenta that supports many ovaries.
Yellow fiber roots, short brown rhizomes, finger-shaped and blunt, the outside is shiny and has a specific aroma, the inside is white with soft flesh and not fibrous. The swollen Rizoma is like a tuber with thick roots and often has spaces filled with oil.
Kencur grows optimally in climate types A, B and C (Schmidt & Ferguson), elevation 50-600 meters, annual average temperature 25-30C, 5-9 wet months per year and 5-6 dry months per year, rainfall 2500-4000 mm/year, 100% sunlight or 25-30% shaded and good drainage. Clay soil to sandy clay loam, latosol soil, regosol, association between latosol-andosol, regosol-latosol and regosol-litosol, pH 5.5-6.5.
This species has the main ingredients including ethyl-p-methoxycinnamate (31.77%), methylcinnamate (23.23%), carvone (11.13%), eucalyptol (9.59%) and pentadecane (6.41%). The composition of the rhizomes is starch (4.14%), minerals (13.73%), essential oils (0.02%), in the form of cineol, methyl kanyl acid and pentadean, cinnamic acid, ethyl ester, ethyl alcohol, borneol , kamphene, paraeumarin, anisic acid, alkaloids. gum, tannins, saponins, calcium oxalate, kamfen.
Kencur is used as a cooking spice. This plant also has medicinal properties that are considered safer, more effective and has fewer side effects. Plant extracts are reported to have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, sedative, cytotoxic, insecticidal, antihelmint and antioxidant effects.
Often used for cough medicine, diarrhea, tetanus, headaches, migraines, flatulence, nausea, colds, aches, compresses swelling and inflammation, increasing appetite, increasing energy and overcoming fatigue, hypertension, rheumatism, asthma and anticancer. reduce abdominal pain. The rhizome is used to relieve toothache, stomach pain, swelling of the muscles, rheumatism, hypertension, asthma, indigestion, fever, headache and reduce abdominal pain.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
Genus: Kaempferia L. in Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753)
Subgenus: Kaempferia
Species: Kaempferia galanga L. in Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753)
Varieties: Kaempferia galanga var. galanga, Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia
Heterotypic Synonyms
Alpinia sessilis J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 64 (1783)
Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn in Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 3 (1841)
Kaempferia humilis Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 6 (1796)
Kaempferia kelenga Rheede ex Reider in Geheimnisse Blumisterei 3: 449 (1830)
Kaempferia latifolia Donn ex Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 6 (1813)
Kaempferia marginata Carey ex Roscoe in Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 93 (1824)
Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 286 (1812)
Kaempferia procumbens Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 19 (1790)
Kaempferia rotunda Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 5 (1837)
Kaempferia soncorus Rumph. ex Reider in Geheimnisse Blumisterei 3: 450 (1830)
Kaempferia wanhom Reider (1830)
Publications :
Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
Learn more: dlium.com/2020/07/kencur-kaempferia-galanga.html
Location: Tepus, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.
Aryo Bandoro
Dlium TheDlium
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#Dlium Kencur (Kaempferia galanga) is a plant species in Zingiberaceae, annual terna, low basal stem, approximately 20 cm, growing in clumps in the lowlands or mountains that do not require much water and are widely cultivated for tubers as spices and stimulants.
K. galanga has leaves attached to the ground surface. The leaves are arranged as a root rozet or alternately on the stem, wake lancet and pinnate or parallel bone. The leaf stalks turn into split midribs which sometimes have tongue and pseudo stem which are immersed in the ground, 1.5-3.5 cm long and white.
The number of leaves is no more than 2-3 strands, green with brownish red and wavy edges. Oval-shaped leaves wide to round, 7-15 cm long, 2-8 cm wide, pointed tip, curved base, smooth edge and smooth haired lower surface. A large pulse makes a ditch in the middle.
Single flower, 2.5-5 cm long, half seated and asymmetrical. Stamens have a length of 4 mm and are yellow. Pistil white or purplish white. The crown has a dominant white color. Haous pistil stems in a groove of stamens. Fruit will sink, has 3 chambers or 1 basal or parietal placenta that supports many ovaries.
Yellow fiber roots, short brown rhizomes, finger-shaped and blunt, the outside is shiny and has a specific aroma, the inside is white with soft flesh and not fibrous. The swollen Rizoma is like a tuber with thick roots and often has spaces filled with oil.
Kencur grows optimally in climate types A, B and C (Schmidt & Ferguson), elevation 50-600 meters, annual average temperature 25-30C, 5-9 wet months per year and 5-6 dry months per year, rainfall 2500-4000 mm/year, 100% sunlight or 25-30% shaded and good drainage. Clay soil to sandy clay loam, latosol soil, regosol, association between latosol-andosol, regosol-latosol and regosol-litosol, pH 5.5-6.5.
This species has the main ingredients including ethyl-p-methoxycinnamate (31.77%), methylcinnamate (23.23%), carvone (11.13%), eucalyptol (9.59%) and pentadecane (6.41%). The composition of the rhizomes is starch (4.14%), minerals (13.73%), essential oils (0.02%), in the form of cineol, methyl kanyl acid and pentadean, cinnamic acid, ethyl ester, ethyl alcohol, borneol , kamphene, paraeumarin, anisic acid, alkaloids. gum, tannins, saponins, calcium oxalate, kamfen.
Kencur is used as a cooking spice. This plant also has medicinal properties that are considered safer, more effective and has fewer side effects. Plant extracts are reported to have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, sedative, cytotoxic, insecticidal, antihelmint and antioxidant effects.
Often used for cough medicine, diarrhea, tetanus, headaches, migraines, flatulence, nausea, colds, aches, compresses swelling and inflammation, increasing appetite, increasing energy and overcoming fatigue, hypertension, rheumatism, asthma and anticancer. reduce abdominal pain. The rhizome is used to relieve toothache, stomach pain, swelling of the muscles, rheumatism, hypertension, asthma, indigestion, fever, headache and reduce abdominal pain.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
Genus: Kaempferia L. in Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753)
Subgenus: Kaempferia
Species: Kaempferia galanga L. in Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753)
Varieties: Kaempferia galanga var. galanga, Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia
Heterotypic Synonyms
Alpinia sessilis J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 64 (1783)
Kaempferia galanga var. latifolia (Donn ex Hornem.) Donn in Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 3 (1841)
Kaempferia humilis Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 6 (1796)
Kaempferia kelenga Rheede ex Reider in Geheimnisse Blumisterei 3: 449 (1830)
Kaempferia latifolia Donn ex Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 6 (1813)
Kaempferia marginata Carey ex Roscoe in Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 93 (1824)
Kaempferia plantaginifolia Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 286 (1812)
Kaempferia procumbens Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 19 (1790)
Kaempferia rotunda Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 5 (1837)
Kaempferia soncorus Rumph. ex Reider in Geheimnisse Blumisterei 3: 450 (1830)
Kaempferia wanhom Reider (1830)
Publications :
Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
Learn more: dlium.com/2020/07/kencur-kaempferia-galanga.html
Location: Tepus, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.
Aryo Bandoro
Dlium TheDlium
Web: dlium.com
