Zingiber ottensii Valeton

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Zingiber

Characteristics

A ginger herb which keeps growing from year to year. It has underground stems or rhizomes. The leafy shoots grow 1.5 m tall. The rhizome is purplish inside. The leaves are a long oval shape and 35-40 cm long by 6-8 cm wide. The flowers are in a spike. This is on a separate stalk 25-40 cm long. The bracts are 4 cm long. They bulge outwards with tips which point inwards. They are bright red. The spike is 10-12 cm long by 4 cm wide. The fruit are red capsules.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system rhizome
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Environment

A tropical plant. It is cultivated. It grows in moist, partly shaded evergreen and monsoon forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The rhizome is spicy.
Uses medicinal
Edible rhizomes roots
Therapeutic use Convulsion (unspecified), Cramps (unspecified), Lumbago (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified)
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Cultivation

It can be grown by division of the rhizome and offsets.
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Images

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Distribution

Zingiber ottensii world distribution map, present in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000617515
COL ID 5D5H3
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Synonyms

Zingiber ottensii