Alpinia galanga, Languas galanga

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Galanga is an herb used in cooking, especially in Indonesian and Thai cuisines. It is one of four plants known as galangal, and is differentiated from the others with the common name greater galangal (or simply Thai galangal). The galangals are also called blue ginger or Thai ginger.

A. galanga is called laos in Indonesian and is the most common form of galangal used in cooking. It is also known as lengkuas and galanga root.

Similar plants:

• Alpinia argentea (Yellow Ginger Lily )
• Alpinia formosana x zerumbet Variegata (Variegated ginger)
• Alpinia gigantifolia, Zingiber gigantifolium (Red Ginger Lily)
• Alpinia henryi 'Pink Perfection' (Pink porcelain lily)
• Alpinia luteocarpa (Red Bamboo Ginger)
• Alpinia malaccensis (Rathkihiriya)
• Alpinia nutans, Alpinia speciosa (Shell ginger, Pink porcelain lily, Narrow-Leaf Cinnamon Ginger, Shellflower, Dwarf cardamom, False cardamom)
• Alpinia officinarum (Lesser Galangal)
• Alpinia purpurata (Red Ginger Lily, Ostrich Plume, Red Cone Ginger)
• Alpinia rugosa (Evergreen Broadleaf Ginger)