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Ideas for community gardens < roots
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Galangal is a flavouring spice widely
used in Asian cooking.
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GALANGAL
Varieties: greater galangal; lesser galangal
Botanic name
Family
- Ziniberaceae
- same family as ginger
Growth form
- similar to ginger
- leaves grow from stiff stem
- knobbly rhizomes grow in soil
Edible part
- rhizome
- can be dried or grated fresh
- used in curry and satay sauce
- used as spice to flavour food
Cultivation
Propagation:
- vegetative - sprouting rhizome planted
Centre of diversity
- South East Asia, southern China
- occurs wild in jungle clearings and is also cultivated.
PAGE UPDATED... Wednesday, 16 January 2002
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