Plai

Phlai or Phlai plants, common names: Phlai, Cassumunar ginger, Bengal root

Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr. (scientific names Zingiber cassumunar Roxb., Zingiber purpureum Roscoe) is in the ginger family. (ZINGIBERACEAE)

Plai herb has other local names such as Pu Turmeric, Mint Salang (Shan-Mae Hong Son), Wan Fai, Plai Lueang (Central Region), Pu Loei, Pu Loi (Northern Region), Wan Phop (Northeastern Region), etc.

Characteristics of Plai

Plai tree: Plai is a herbaceous plant with a height of about 0.7-1.5 meters and has underground rhizomes. The bark is yellowish-brown. The flesh inside is yellow to greenish yellow. Prick artificial shoots or stems into clumps. It consists of sheaths or leaf bases that are overlapped. Fresh, juicy phlai rhizomes, astringent, delicate, fizzy, and have a distinctive odor. The fresh and dried rhizome of old Phlai has a slightly spicy taste. Propagated using seeds, stems or rhizomes, but generally the rhizomes are used as cuttings for cultivation. This type of plant is native to Asia, in the areas of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is widely grown in the provinces of Kanchanaburi, Suphanburi, Prachinburi, and Sa Kaeo.

Plai leaf. The leaves are parallelogram-shaped and lance-shaped. The leaves are single, arranged alternately, approximately 3.5-5.5 centimeters wide and approximately 18-35 centimeters long.

Dok Phlai blooms in a bouquet. Stabbed from underground rhizomes The petals are soft-colored. It has purple bracts.

Phlai fruit: The fruit is a dry, round shape.

Benefits of Plai

Helps moisturize the skin By using 1 fresh rhizome, slice it into thin pieces and boil it together with other herbs because the rhizome contains essential oils (fresh rhizomes).

The benefits of phlai help to repel insects and kill insects (rhizomes).

Helps keep mosquitoes away and repels mosquitoes. Oil from the Plai head mixed with alcohol and applied to the skin can help repel mosquitoes and repel mosquitoes (Plai head).

Can be made into Plai cream, Plai oil, Plai powder, Plai skin scrub, Plai face paint.