Fingerroot

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Fingerroot | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Liliopsida | ordo = Zingiberales | familia = Zingiberaceae | genus = Boesenbergia | species = B. rotunda | binomial = Boesenbergia rotunda | binomial_authority = (L.) Mansf. A. }}

Fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda), also known as Chinese ginger, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia. In Thai cooking it is called krachai (Thai: กระชาย). It is sometimes confused with Lesser galangal (Alpinia officinarum), which is also in the family Zingiberaceae.

Synonyms include Boesenbergia pandurata and Kaempferia pandurata.

External links

• Gernot Katzer's spice dictionary - Fingerroot
• ITISTemplate:Ingredient-stub

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