Zingiber chrysostachys
Ridley
Lempui
gbif· cc-by
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
gbif· cc-by
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A ginger family herb which keeps growing from year to year. It has rhizomes or underground stems. It has leafy shoots 60-100 cm tall. The leaves are sword shaped and 12-17 cm long by 4-5.5 cm wide. The flowers are tightly clustered on a flower stalk which arises separately from the underground stem. This is 7-10 cm long. The flower spike is 10 cm long by 4 cm wide. It has bright yellow bracts.
Edible Uses
The rhizomes can be used as a substitute for ginger.
Traditional Uses
The rhizomes can be used as a substitute for ginger.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forest and dry bamboo forest on limestone hills. It grows between 200-1400 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indochina, Malaysia, SE Asia, Thailand,
References (4)
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 2337
- Lim, T. K., 2015, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs. Springer p 87
- Lim, T. K., 2016, Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 12 Modified Stems, Roots p 8
- PROSEA handbook Volume 13 Spices. p 267
