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Alpinia oxyphylla
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Alpinia oxyphylla

Alpinia oxyphylla, the sharp-leaf galangal, is a species of ginger native to East Asia. It was first described by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Alpinia oxyphylla in Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.93

Alpinia oxyphylla in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.127

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 544838.