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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.