Boesenbergia O. Kuntze.
Rev. Gen Pl. 2: 685. 1891

Small forest plants with shoots consisting of 1- few leaves. Often with purple sheaths. Inflorescence radical or terminal, bracts distichous, each subtending one single flower. It comprises of about 80 species throughout tropical Asia. Distributed from India to Malaya. In India the genus is repreesented by 6 species with 2 endemics.

Boesenbergia longiflora

Boesenbergia pandurata

Boesenbergia pulcherrima

Boesenbergia siphonantha

Boesenbergia tiliaefolia

Bosenbergia hamiltonii

Bosenbergia kingii

Bosenbergia meghalayansis