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Zingiber mioga (Thunb.) Roscoe

Japanese ginger (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Zingiber

Characteristics

Rhizomes yellowish. Ligule 2-lobed, 3--12 mm, membranous; petiole absent to 1.7 cm; leaf blade lanceolate-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, 20--37 × 4--6 cm, glabrous or abaxially pilose, apex caudate. Inflorescences arising from rhizomes, ellipsoid, 5--7 cm; peduncle absent to 17 cm, scalelike sheaths oblong; bracts reddish green with purple veins, elliptic. Calyx 2.5--3 cm. Corolla tube longer than calyx; lobes yellowish, lanceolate, 2.7--3 cm × ca. 7 mm. Labellum ovate, ca. 3 cm; central lobe yellow with white margin, ca. 2.5 × 1.8 cm; lateral lobes ca. 1.3 cm × 4 mm. Anther ca. 1 cm; connective appendage ca. 1 cm. Capsule obovoid, loculicidally dehiscent; pericarp red inside. Seeds black; aril white. Fl. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 22.
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A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year and grows in woodland. The rhizomes are yellowish. There is often no leaf stalk. The leaf blade is sword shaped and 20-37 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. The tip is heart shaped. The flower arises from the rhizome. It is 5-7 cm long. There can be a stalk up to 17 cm long. The sheaths are scale like. The bracts are reddish green with purple veins. The fruit is a capsule which is oval and red inside. The seeds are black. The seed layer is white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in mountain valleys and is sometimes cultivated. The top growth is frost tender. It can re-grow from the underground rootstock. In Yunnan.
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Shaded forest floor of primary lowland forest.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

It is used as a vegetable. The buds and leaves are used to flavour soups. Young flowers are blanched by covering with straw. They are used in soups, tempura and tofu dishes. They are also pickled.
Uses environmental use food medicinal
Edible flowers leaves rhizomes roots shoots
Therapeutic use Antidote(Scorpion) (unspecified), Malacia (unspecified), Preventitive (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Spice (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Zingiber mioga world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000617153
COL ID 5D5G7
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Synonyms

Amomum mioga Zingiber mijooka Zingiber mioga Zingiber sjooka

Lower taxons

Zingiber mioga var. variegatum
WorldFloraDB 2024