Zingiber smilesianum Craib

Mandarin: 柱根姜 (zhu gen jiang)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Zingiberales (26)

        Family: Zingiberaceae (12)(family description)

          Genus: Zingiber (3)

            Epithet: smilesianum Craib (1)

Synonym: Zingiber teres S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia

teres => rounded off, smooth, round

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

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