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Alpinia galanga
[Languas galanga]
'Greater Galanga, Galangal, Thai Galanga'
[ Zingiberaceae ] [ South East Asia ]
Greater galangal is native to Java. It is widely used in Indonesia and Malaysia as a food flavouring and spice. It is also grown in India and the rest of South East Asia. Galangal was known to the ancient Indians, and has been in the West since the Middle Ages. Its stimulant and tonic properties are recognized by the Arabs who ginger up their horses with it, and by the Tartars, who take it in tea. In the East, it is taken powdered as a snuff, and is used in perfumery and in brewing.
Alpinia galanga

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Fruiting plant . Develops a caudex . Medicinal Plant .
Habitat
zone 11 = Winter minimum temperature 4C to 10C (40F to 50F)


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Clustered ( With several stems in the same individual )
Fast-Growing
Medicinal Plant

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Cultivation
Substrate
Temperature during winter

1 gravel + 1 soil + 1 humus

Indoor during winter temperature min. from 11 to 16C
Lighting
Watering during automn-winter

Sunny

Rarely or from time to time
Watering during hot season
Fertilizer during growth

Regularly and abundantly, but avoid that the water traverse the pot

Regularly but with spacing
Pruning
Repotting
No pruning
Repot every year if possible

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