Zingiber neotruncatum
T. L. Wu, K. Larsen & Turland
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Description
A ginger family herb. The false stems are 1-1.5 m tall. There are purple sheaths at the base. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 30-40 cm long by 5-6 cm wide. There are white hairs underneath. The flowering shoots arise from the rhizome. They are oblong and 10-13 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers are white.
Edible Uses
The rhizome is used as a spice, either cooked or crushed with chilli to make sauce.
Traditional Uses
The rhizome is cooked as a spice. It is crushed with chilli and used to make sauce.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist places in forests at about 800 m above sea level in southern China. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, India, Northeastern India,
Synonyms
References (1)
- Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17 (Also as Zingiber truncatum)
