Family – Zingiberaceae – 11 genera in Sri Lanka
213.01. ALPINIA Roxb.
A.abundiflora Burtt & Smith [Amomum floribundum (Thw.) Trimen]
A.calcarata Roscoe* S:kala-kiriya, katu-kiriya
A.fax Burtt & Smith [Amomum involucratum (Thw.) Trimen]
A.galanga (L.) Sw.* S:galangal, kallu-wala
A.malaccensis (Burm. f.) Roscoe [Alpinia nutans var. sericea Baker] S:alu, galangal, kalu-wala, ran-kiriya Tpera-rattai
A.nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt [Alpinia allughas (Retz.) Roscoe] S:alan, alu-gas, keleniya Tshittai-rattai
A.rufescens (Thw.) Schum.
213.02. AMOMUM Roxb.
A.acuminatum Thw.
A.benthamianum Trimen
A.echinocarpum Alston [Amomum echinatum Thw.] S:bu-kiriya
A.fulviceps Thw.
A.graminifolium Thw.
A.hypoleucum Thw.
A.masticatorium Thw.
A.nemorale (Thw.) Trimen
A.pterocarpum Thw.
A.trichostachyum Alston [Amomum ciliatum Baker]
213.03. BOESENBERGIA Kuntze
B.rotunda(L.) Mansfield* [Kaempferia pandurata Roxb.] S:amba-kaha
213.04. COSTUS L.
C.malortieanus Wendl.
C.speciosus (Koenig) Smith S:koltan, tebu
213.05. CURCUMA Roxb.
C.albiflora Thw. S:haran-kaha
C.aromatica Salisb. S:dada-kaha, wal-kaha T:kasthuri-manjal
C.longa L.* E:turmeric S:ath-kaha, bim-kaha, kaha, rata-kaha T:manchal
C.oligantha Trimen
C.zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe S:haran-kaha, kanguni, naharai Trkichilick-kilangu,, kinchilick-kizhangu, manchal, pulankizhangu
213.06. CYPHOSTIGMA Benth.
C.pulchellum (Thw.) Benth.
213.07. ELETTARIA Maton
E.cardamomum (L.) Maton Exardamom Sxardamungu, ensal, rata-ensal T:alaka, ella-kai, cardumunga var. cardamomum var. major Thw.
213.08. GLOBBAL.
G.marantina L. [Globba bulbifera Roxb.] S:hinguru-piyali T:kechulu kalanga
213.09. HEDYCHIUM Koenig
H.coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Smith
H.coronarium Koenig S:ela-mal
H.flavescens Carey ex Roscoe
213.10. KAEMPFERIA L.
K.galanga L.* S:hinguru-piyali, naharai T:kechulu-kalangu
K.rotunda L* S:lan-kenda, sau-kenda, yawa-kenda
213.11. NICOLAIA Horan.
N.elatior (Jack) Horan.* E:torch ginger
213.12. ZINGIBER Boehmer apud Ludwig
Z.cylindricum Thw.
Z.officinale Roscoe* E:ginger S:inguru T:inji, shukku
Z.purpureum Roscoe* [Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.]
Z.wightianum Thw.
Z.zerumbet (L.) Smith S:aran-kaha, wal-inguru
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
