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Lanxangia tsao-ko, formerly Amomum tsao-ko, and also known as red cardamom or Chinese black cardamom, is a ginger-like plant known in English by the transliterated Chinese name (Chinese: 草果; pinyin: cǎoguǒ; Jyutping: cou2 gwo2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kó). It grows at high altitudes in Yunnan, as well as the northern highlands of Vietnam. Both wild and cultivated plants are used medicinally and also in cooking. The dried fruit of the plant has a pungent, gingery taste.

Wurfbainia vera is a herbaceous plant in the Zingiberaceae family. Formerly called Amomum verum, it was the first plant species to be named by a woman, the Scots artist Elizabeth Blackwell in 1757. The Kingdom of Siam obtained the fruit (seeds) of the plant from Cambodia in the 18th century to export as a spice to China and Europe. The species occurs not only in Cambodia, but also in Sumatra, Thailand and Vietnam. The young leaf, the fruit and the seeds are edible, the seeds are known as Siam cardamom in English.

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Newmania is a genus of rhizomatous based flowering plants belonging to the family Zingiberaceae. They are only native to Vietnam, and found in forests.

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Boesenbergia siphonantha is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae and tribe Zingibereae. Records of occurrence are from the Andaman Islands, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Meistera dallachyi, commonly known as green ginger, is a plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a rhizomatous herb, that is, the stem grows horizontally underground and only the leaves appear above ground. The leaf sheaths (the "stems") may be up to 4 m (13 ft) long with a number of long narrow leaves on either side, each up to about 50 cm (20 in) long by 9 cm (3.5 in) wide. The flowers are produced at ground level on a separate stalk to the leaves. The flowers have three white or cream petals and a labellum up to 6 cm

Lanxangia is an Asian genus of plants in the ginger family. Species have been recorded from southern China to Indo-China.

Etlingera fenzlii is a species of monocotyledonous plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, and got its current name from Škornick. and M.Sabu. The species' distribution area is the Nicobar Islands. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

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Curcuma supraneeana is a species of monocotyledonous flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a rhizomatous geophyte endemic to Thailand. It is known from a single location near Saraburi, central Thailand, where it grows on limestone between 100 and 200 meters (330 and 660 ft) elevation. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of only 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi). The IUCN assesses the species as critically endangered. The species was first described as Smithatris supraneanae by Walter John Emil Kress and Kai Larsen, and placed in the new monotypic genus Smithatris. The species and

Curcuma glauca is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a rhizomatous geophyte endemic to Myanmar. The plant, which is called malaphu (မာလာဖူး) in Burmese, is used as an herb in Burmese cuisine.

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Epiamomum is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae and tribe Alpinieae; all records to date are from Borneo island. Before 2018, some species were placed in the genus Amomum.

Curcuma graminifolia is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a rhizomatous geophyte endemic to Laos. The species was first described as Laosanthus graminifolius in 2001, and placed in the monotypic genus Laosanthus. In 2015 it was placed in genus Curcuma as Curcuma graminifolia.

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