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Zingiber bradleyanum

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Pawpwe, Posa

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Description

A ginger family herb with white flowers, native to damp evergreen forests in tropical regions. It can be grown from rhizomes.

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Edible Uses

The stems and flowers are eaten.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in damp, evergreen forest.

Where It Grows

Asia, Indochina, SE Asia, Thailand*,

Cultivation

The plant can be grown from rhizomes.

References (1)

  • Johnson, N., 2002, Environmental Change in northern Thailand: Impact on Wild Edible Plant Availability. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 41: 5, 373-399

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