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Boesenbergia rotunda (, , , ), commonly known as Chinese keys, fingerroot, lesser galangal or Chinese ginger, is a medicinal and culinary herb from and . In English, the root has traditionally been called fingerroot, because the shape of the resembles that of fingers growing out of a center piece.


Description
Fingerroot is a kind of ginger ( Zingiberaceae). It is an annual crop and indigenous to southern , China, to west , growing in tropical rain forest. It has an , known as a rhizome. This spreads into many bunches in the same way as banana, ginger, galangal and . These structures accumulate nutrients and the middle part is more swollen than the head and bottom part. The inner part has a range of colours and aromas depending on the variety of fingerroot. The above-ground part is composed of a leaf stalk that has a sheath covering it. The leaf sheaths are red, the blades are oval in shape and the apex of leaves are sharp. Chinese ginger is a herbaceous plant with a height of . The leaf is about long and wide. The middle of the petioles are deeply grooved. The flower appears between the leaf sheaths at the bottom of the trunk. The petals are white or light pink. Flowers bloom one at a time.


Common names
  • Khmer: kcheay (ខ្ជាយ)
  • Indonesian: temu kunci
  • Javanese: kunci
  • : yai-macha
  • Myanmar: Hsei' Hpu (ဆိတ္ဖူး)
  • Sinhalese: haran kaha (හරං කහ)
  • Thai: krachai (กระชาย)
  • Vietnamese: ngải bún, nga truật


Uses
Fingerroot is known as temu kunci in Indonesian. It is widely used in in .

In addition to its culinary uses, it is also specifically used as a spice, or as flavoring agents, dyes, or also traditional medicine. After its discovery, B. rotunda has been used as research material in rat studies and microbiological studies.

In , fingerroot is called krachai (; ) and is an ingredient in dishes such as kaeng tai pla. It is used in some pastes of Cambodian cuisine and is known as k'cheay (). In the west it is usually found or frozen. The rhizomes are commonly used as vegetables in main dishes or eaten raw when young. It is also used to help make fermented soya bean cake, also called , a traditional Indonesian food. Its roots and rhizomes are cultivated in Indonesia, Indochina, and India in small homes and is also popularly used in flavorful curry dishes. Fingerroot is also incorporated into tonic mixtures such as the famous Indonesian tonic .

It is sometimes confused with Alpinia officinarum, another plant in the family which is also known as lesser galangal.

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See also
  • Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia
  • Hedychium spicatum
  • Zingiber spectabile


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