Description from
Flora of China
Maranta galanga Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 3. 1762; Amomum galanga (Linnaeus) Loureiro; A. medium Loureiro; Languas galanga (Linnaeus) Stuntz.
Leaf blade and panicle rachis glabrous.
Cultivated throughout SE Asia; medicinal.
Forests, scrub, grasslands; 100--1300 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
