Hitchenia
# Hitchenia

Hitchenia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one recognized species, Hitchenia glauca, endemic to Myanmar (Burma). The plant, which is called malaphu (မာလာဖူး) in Burmese, is used as an herb in Burmese cuisine.

A few other species were formerly included in Hitchenia but have been moved to other genera:

* Hitchenia careyana Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker = Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood
* Hitchenia caulina (J.Graham) Baker = Curcuma caulina J.Graham
* Hitchenia musacea Baker = Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum.
* Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f. = Curcuma roscoeana Wall.

Curcuma and Larsenianthus are in the family Zingiberaceae , but Stachyphrynium is in Marantaceae.

