Zingiber zerumbet

(Linnaeus) Smith

Exotic Botany 2: 105. 1806.

IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Amomum zerumbet Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 1. 1753 F I
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
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Leaf-blades oblanceolate or narrowly elliptical, 30–32 × 6–7 cm (smaller distally). Inflorescences erect, 7–11 × [3–] 5–6 cm; bracts of main axis green when young, becoming red; proximal bracts reniform or very broadly ovate, concave, 2–3 × 3–4 cm, apex broadly rounded; distal bracts smaller but otherwise similar to proximal bracts, ca. 1 × 2 cm. Flowers: perianth and staminodes pale-yellow.


Phenology: Flowering fall (Oct).
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Elevation: 50 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., native, Asia (India and the Malay Peninsula)

Discussion

In Asia, the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet are used as a spice in much the same way as those of Z. officinale. In North America, escaped populations are known only from two sites in Gainesville, Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Zingiber zerumbet"
rounded +
Alan T. Whittemore +
(Linnaeus) Smith +
red +  and green +
ovate +  and reniform +
Amomum zerumbet +
hidden +  and inconspicuous +
3-lobed +  and cylindric +
1-flowered +  and sessile +
2-7-flowered +
monochasial +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Fla. +, native +  and Asia (India and the Malay Peninsula) +
Disturbed areas +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
elliptical;oblanceolate +
cauline +  and basal +
differentiated +
3-lobed +, notched +, entire +  and plane +
lanceolate +
3-carpellate +
differentiated +
Flowering fall (Oct). +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
concave +, ovate +  and reniform +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
Exotic Botany +
persistent +
free +  and connate +
differentiated +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
not petal-like +
distinct +  and connate +
petal-like +
petal-like +
not differentiated +
Zingiber zerumbet +
Zingiber +
species +
projecting +