Alpinia nutans

Alpinia nutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Alpinia
Species:
A. nutans
Binomial name
Alpinia nutans
Synonyms
  • Amomum compactum Roem. & Schult.
  • Catimbium nutans Juss.
  • Costus zerumbet Pers.
  • Languas speciosa Small
  • Renealmia nutans Andrews
  • Zerumbet speciosum H.Wendl

Alpinia nutans, the shellflower, or dwarf cardamom, is a Southeast Asian plant of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), and is a medicinal plant used to control hypertension, as diuretic,[1] antifungal,[2] and antiulcer.[3] In Japan it is used as food preservative.[4]

  1. ^ Mendonça VL, Oliveira CL, Craveiro AA, Rao VS, Fonteles MC (1991). "Pharmacological and toxicological evaluation of Alpinia speciosa". Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 86 (Suppl 2): 93–97. doi:10.1590/s0074-02761991000600023. PMID 1842022.
  2. ^ Lima EO, Gompertz OF, Giesbrecht AM, Paulo MQ (1993). "In vitro antifungal activity of essential oils obtained from officinal plants against dermatophytes". Mycoses. 36 (9–10): 333–336. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.1993.tb00777.x. PMID 8015567. S2CID 43498487.
  3. ^ Hsu SY (1987). "Effects of the constituents of Alpinia speciosa rhizoma on experimental ulcers". Taiwan Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi. 86 (1): 58–64. PMID 3471847.
  4. ^ Liao MC, Arakaki H, Li Y, Takamiyagi A, Tawata S, Aniya Y, Sakurai H, Nonaka S (2000). "Inhibitory effects of Alpinia speciosa K. SCHUM on the porphyrin photooxidative reaction". The Journal of Dermatology. 27 (5): 312–317. doi:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02173.x. PMID 10875197. S2CID 25845951.