Zingiber officinale

薑

naturalized

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

數位照片

分布位置

相關資訊

Roscoe, Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 8: 348. 1807. (Trans. Linn. Soc. London)

無

中

薑嫲. 生姜. 薑仔. 紫薑. 子薑. 生薑.
英

Ginger.
日

しようが.
原

Duduko (Bunun). Zyamuzyamu (Paiwan). Damudamu (Paiwan). Tatitukukappan (Atayal). Koreppu (Atayal). Kooreppu (Atayal).
台

Chín kiun. Kiun bú. Kiun.
客

Going má.

Wu, Yang, Teng, Chang, Yang and Hsieh, Taiwania 55(2): 158. 2010.
Ciou & Pong, Illustrations of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan 34. 2008. (Illustration of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan)
Hsiao-Ting Wu, Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Dahu Township, Miaoli county. Master thesis. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology . 2007. (Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Dahu Township, Miaoli county.)
Jen-Han Lin, Study on the plant utilization of Taki-bakka Bunun Tribe in Nantou county. Master thesis. National Pingtung university of science and Technology 62. 2004. (Study on the plant utilization of Taki-bakka Bunun Tribe in Nantou county)
Yang, A list of plants in Taiwan . 1982. (List Pl. Taiwan)

herb

Rhizomes branched, pale yellow inside, fleshy, with strong aromatic odor. Pseudostems 50-100 cm tall.
Leaves sessile to subsessile; ligule slightly 2-lobed, 5 mm tall, glabrous, thin; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 18-30 by 2-3 cm, glabrescent.
Inflorescences ovoid, 4-5 cm; peduncle slender, to 25 cm; bracts pale green, sometimes yellowish at margin, ovate, ca. 2.5 by 1.8 cm, apex mucronate, margin incurved, persistent; bracteoles as long as bracts; calyx ca. 1 cm long; corolla yellowish green; tube 2-2.5 cm long; dorsal lobe lanceolate, ca. 18 by 8 mm, lateral lobes narrower; labellum 3-lobed, central lobe oblong-obovate, ca. 12 mm long, with purple stripe and cream blotches, shorter than corolla lobes; lateral lobes ovate, ca. 6 mm long, divided nearly to base; stamen dark purple; anther ca. 9 mm long; connective appendage curved, ca. 7 mm long.