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Alpinia oxyphylla (Chinese: 日林花, pinyin: rìlín huā, Japanese: hinoki, pinyin: hǎitóng huā) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to eastern Asia.
Description
Alpinia oxyphylla can grow as tall as, with leaves, stems and roots, all in shades of green. Flowers are borne in racemes (inflorescences), and are typically produced for a few months during early summer. The flowers have yellow-green sepals, are about in diameter and are borne at the top of a spathe.
Uses
It is grown as an ornamental plant in warmer climates. Alpinia oxyphylla is sold in some Asian grocery stores and supermarkets in the US, and is available as a raw product from many Asian grocery stores. It has a pungent flavor and aroma when raw and is best used in small quantities. It is called "pungent alpine ginger" in Chinese.
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used for rheumatism and for kidney tonification.
In Japan, the flowering stems of Alpinia oxyphylla are pickled as kinkanban, to produce a highly prized condiment known as Hakkinen.
Alpinia oxyphylla is also used in Japanese traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments, such as rheumatism, asthma, and gout.
See also
Alpinia officinarum
References
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Category:Medicinal plants of Asia
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