Galanga
Galanga , noun
[Old English galingale, Old French galingal, garingal, French galanga (compare Sp. galanga), prob. from Arabic khalanjān. ]
The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and Alpinia officinarum) and of the Kampferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.
Also: Galangal