Zingiber officinale

Family: ZINGIBERACEAE

Malayalam Name(s): Andrakam, Chukku, Erukizhangu, Inchi

English name(s): Canton Ginger, Ginger, Halia, Spice Ginger

Habit: Herb

Flowering & Fruiting: September-December

Medicinal: Yes

Habitat: Widely cultivated

Description: Rhizomatous herbs; rhizome thick, dull yellow. Leafy stem to 60 cm high. Leaves to 25 x 2 cm, elliptic-oblong, acuminate. Peduncles to 30 cm long, erect; spike 3-5 x 3 cm, obovoid; bracts 2.5 x 2 cm, obovate, green. Flowers few; calyx 2 cm long; corolla white, tube small; labellum 3 x 2.5 cm, white, obovate.

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