Zingiber officinale Sunthi Ardraka Soonth Sonth

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Zingiber officinale

Scientific Name and Description

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Herb Family

Zingiberaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Amomum zingiber L.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	ginger
Hindi	aadu, ada, adarak, adrak, adrakh, soonth
Kannada	aardraka, alla, ardraka, hasi shunti, hasishunthi, hasisunthi, khaara genasu, pali, shunthi, shunti, sonte, sonti, sundi, sunthi, sunti, vanasunthi
Malayalam	ardrakam, cincatakam, cinciver, cukku, inchi, inci, injee, inschi, inschikua, ischi, sryngiveram, tikshnottham
Marathi	alem, alen, sunte
Sanskrit	- ardraka
Tamil	allam, artrakam, arttarakam, arukkan, atakam, attirakam, caupannam, cauvarnam, chukku, conti, cukku, cunti, ilakkottai, inci, inji, injie, katu pattiram, moruhalasatam, nakaram, navacuru, sookkoo, sukku, ularnta inci, upakullam, verkkompu, vicvapesajam, vitamutiya amirtan
Telugu	aardrakamu, allam, allamu, allumu, ardrakamu, mahaushadamu, mahaushadhamu, shunthi, sonthi, sonti, sringabaeramu, sryngaberamu, sunthi
Urdu	ab adrak taza, abe-e-adrak, adrak bayraisha, murraba-i-zanjibil, sonth, sonth nim kofta, tirkuta, zanjabil, zanjibil, zanjibil nim kofta, zanjibil saida, zanjibil sayida, zanjilbil, zinjibil, zufa-i-khushk

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Folk

Herb usable parts

Root tuber

Rhizome

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Zingiber officinale Roscoe Herb Rhizome, tuber, root Contraceptive; abortion; asthma; after delivery tonic; antidiarrhoeal; cough; cold; gastrointestinal disorders; headache; indigestion; labour pain; rheumatism; stomach problems; liver pain; bronchitis; sore throat; earache; intestinal gas General; pregnant women Jain et al. 2004, Ignacimuthu et al. 2008