Cekala Plants

Cekala plant or also known as puwar kinjung including familia zingiberaceae (ginger). In Sumatra kecombrang known as kala, tere, acemsitu, cekala, and puwar kinjung. People in Java call it honje, rombeka, combrang, kecombrang, kecumbrang, and cumbrang. Meanwhile in Sulawesi called atimengo, bubogu, and katimbang. The Moluccans knew him as a mistake and petikala.

Scientific classification Kingdom
Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Order : Zingiberales
Family : Zingiberaceae
Genus : Etlingera
Species : E. elatior

Binomial name Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Smith Synonym Alpinia elatior Jack (1822) Nicolaia speciosa (Blume) Horan. (1862) Phaeomeria speciosa (Blume) Merrill (1922)