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March 8, 2014
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Fingerroot

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Taxobox begin | color = lightgreen| name = Fingerroot
Taxobox begin placement | color = lightgreen
Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = Plantae
Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta
Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = Liliopsida
Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = Zingiberales
Taxobox familia entry | taxon = Zingiberaceae
Taxobox genus entry | taxon = Boesenbergia
Taxobox species entry | taxon = B. rotunda
Taxobox end placement
Taxobox section binomial botany | color = lightgreen| binomial_name = Boesenbergia rotunda | author = (L.) Mansf. A.
Taxobox end

Fingerroot or Chinese ginger (Boesenbergia rotunda), family Zingiberaceae, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia. In Thai cuisine|Thai cooking it is called krachai. It is sometimes confused with lesser galangal (Alpinia officinarum), also in the Zingiberaceae.

It has also been listed as Boesenbergia pandurata or Kaempferia pandurata.



  • http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/Boes_pan.html Gernot Katzer's spice dictionary - Fingerroot

  • http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=506504 ITIS


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Category:Liliopsida
Category:Edible plants
Category:Spices
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Fingerroot".


Last Modified:   2005-04-13


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