Zingiber squarrosum
Roxb.
ZingiberaceaeLeaves
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Meise Botanic Garden
Meise Botanic Garden
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaf stalk
The leaf stalk is chewed to quench thirst.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Andamans, Asia, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
An erect ginger family herb. It has horizontal rootstock. The flowers are red in dense round spikes. The fruit is an oblong capsule.
Names & Synonyms
Kumbabe, Taukta
References (1)
- Bhargava, N., 1983, Ethnobotanical Studies of the Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. 1. Onge. Economic Botany 37(1): 110-119
