... "Ghoolanjan" (= Khoolanjan in Arabic) and use as a medicinal plant (BY: F.Ghahremaninejad).Alpinia officinarum, known as lesser galangal, is ... a plant in the ginger family, cultivated in Southeast Asia. It originated ... with streaks of red, growing from a spike at the top. The plant's rhizomes, known as galangal, are thin and tough ...