Zingiber roseum (Roxb.) Roscoe

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Zingiber

Characteristics

Pseudostems ca. 1.5 m. Leaves sessile; ligule 2-lobed, to 3.5 cm, membranous; leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, ca. 30 × 3--5 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially villous. Inflorescences arising from rhizomes, ellipsoid, ca. 6 cm, very dense; peduncle very short; bracts red, 3.5--4.5 cm, outer ones broadly ovate, inner ones ovate-lanceolate. Calyx green, ca. 1.5 cm. Corolla tube white, ca. 2 cm; lobes pale red, lanceolate. Labellum white, oblong-cuneate, shorter than corolla lobes, margin recurved, crisped; lateral lobes yellow, orbicular, very small. Stamen arching over and equaling labellum; anther equaling connective appendage. Fl. autumn. 2 n = 22.
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A ginger herb. The false stems are about 1.5 m tall. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are oblong and 30 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The flowering shoots arises from the rhizome. It is oval and 6 cm long. The bracts are red and the flowers are white and red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist places in forests at about 900 m above sea level in southern China. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown by division of the rhizome.
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Distribution

Zingiber roseum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand

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WFO ID wfo-0000617813
COL ID 5D5HY
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Synonyms

Amomum roseum Zingiber roseum