Zingiber bradleyanum
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Pawpwe, Posa
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Stem, Flowers
The stems and flowers are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in damp, evergreen forest.
Asia, Indochina, SE Asia, Thailand*,
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
A ginger family herb with white flowers, native to damp evergreen forests in tropical regions. It can be grown from rhizomes.
How to Grow
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
