1810 T. Mortimer at Sale Galanga root.
1829 May 213 Thus aniseeds,..galange root, mace..&c., are all by name prohibited as articles of speculation to the officers of the tea-ships.
1934 C. C. Steele vi. xix. 210 Galangin..occurs as a glycoside with the 3-methyl ether of galangin in ‘Galanga root’, the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum.
1998 Fall 73/1 One sells chiles.., another galanga root, lemongrass and lime leaves.