Galangal Dealers in Ernakulam

• Country of Origin: India
• Packaging Type: 5 Kg To 15 Kg
• Usage/Application: Medicinal
• Botanical Name: Alpinia Galanga
• Is It Dried: Dried
• Moisture: 3 %

Greater Galanga is the dried rhizome of a plant Alpenia galanga. This is a perennial, robust, tillering, rhizomatous herb. The plant is 1.8 to 2.1 mtrs high and bears perennial rhizome (2.5 to 10 cm thick), which are deep orange to brown in colour, aromatic, pungent and bitter. The pseudostem formed by the rolled leaf sheaths is erect, the inflorescence is terminal, many flowered. The fruits are about 13 mm long, constricted in the middle and contain 3 to 6 seeds.  ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION Greater Galanga is a native of Indonesia and is currently cultivated in all South East Asian countries, India, Bangladesh, China and Surinam. The plant requires sunny or moderately shady locations with fertile moist soil preferably sandy or clayey, rich in organic matter with good drainage. In tropics the plant occurs up to an altitude of 1200 mtrs. USES The rhizomes have many applications in traditional medicines such as for skin diseases, indigestion, colic, dysentery, enlarged spleen, respiratory diseases, mouth and stomach cancer. Rhizomes show anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-protozoal, and expectorant activities. Young rhizome is a spice used to flavour various dishes in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and China. INDIAN NAME OF SPICES Hindi : Kulanjan Sanskrit : Kulanjana Kannada : Rasmi Malayalam : Chittaratha,Kolingi Marathi : Koshtkulinjan Gujarati : Kolinjan FOREIGN NAME OF SPICES French : Galanga,Souchet long German : Galgant Indonesian : Laos Thai : Dok kha Vietnam : Rieng Dutch : Grote galanga English : Siamese ginger Arabic : Galangal Chinese : Gou leuhng geung

• Type: Root
• Color: Brown
• Shelf Life:: 24 Months
• Moisture:: 8 % Max.
• Grade:: Premium
• Purity:: 99 % Min.
• Part:: Root

Well Dried Clean

Galangal Roots are obtained from Alpinia galanga, and consist of a branched rhizome which is dull reddish brown and longitudinally striated. It is hard, tough and difficult to break. Galangal rhizome contains a little volatile oil containing cineol, methyl cinnamate, and a pungent oily body. Galangal Roots are mainly used as a stimulant, carminative, and in perfumes. We offer Galangal Root in suitable packaging to ensure complete client satisfaction. Payment Modes : 50% Advance and balance after receiving the bill of lading (goods received) Swift Transfer/TT

Greater Galanga is the dried rhizome of a plant Alpenia galanga. This is a perennial, robust, tillering, rhizomatous herb. The plant is 1.8 to 2.1 mtrs high and bears perennial rhizome (2.5 to 10 cm thick), which are deep orange to brown in colour, aromatic, pungent and bitter. The pseudostem formed by the rolled leaf sheaths is erect, the inflorescence is terminal, many flowered. The fruits are about 13 mm long, constricted in the middle and contain 3 to 6 seeds.

We offer Galangal Root. Galangal is a promising medicinal and aromatic oil-yielding herb grown in the subcanopy of multistrata production systems in the tropics.

Galangal Roots, Chaulmoogra Oil, Turmeric, Nutmeg, Tamarind, Zedoary Roots