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Shunthi / Aradrak

Common Names


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About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Zingiber officinale Roscoe

FAMILY 


Zingiberaceae Martinov

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

TRIBE


Zingiberoideae

SUBTRIBE


Zingibereae

GENUS 


Zingiber Boehm.

SPECIES


officinale Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8:348. 1807


Plant Description


Up to 1.3 m. Leaves sessile, up to c. 15 x 2(3) cm, linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Inflorescence on an up to 25 cm erect peduncle. Bracts green with a paler margin. Flowers yellow with a purple, yellow-spotted labellum; anther dark purple.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

STUDIES & RESEARCH