Inflorescences; Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador; 1/2020 © Joachim Sauerborn
Identifier: 2640 Date of entry: 19.04.2020 Last update: 19.04.2020
English: Bitter ginger, Pinecone ginger
German: Tannenzapfen Ingwer
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Liliopsida (389)
Order: Zingiberales (26)
Family: Zingiberaceae (12)(family description)
Genus: Zingiber (3)
Epithet: zerumbet (L.) Sm. (1)
zerumbet => of hindi and/or persian origin for species of Ginger and Curcuma
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red
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