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Zingiber zerumbet
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Synonym |
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Amomum zerumbet L. |
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae
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Local name |
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Malayalam- Malankuva |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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June-October |
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Distribution |
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India,
Thailand, Malayi, Sri-Lanka, Java |
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Uses |
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Inflorescence
is used as Shampoo |
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Key botanical
characters: Rhizome large, yellow inside.
Leafy shoot fleshy erect, basal portion enclosed by bracts. Bracts elliptic
lanceolate, acuminate, green. Leaves petiolate; ligule longer than the
petiole; lamina oblong-lanceolate upper surface glabrous lower surfaces
pubescent. Inflorescence lateral; spike globose or oblong, rounded at the
tip. Bracts ovate, apex broadly rounded with a hyaline memraneous margins,
green, outer surface sparsely hairy. Flowers Yellow. Fruits white with
persistent calyx. Seeds many, black, aril lacerate, white to green. |
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