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Zingiber zerumbet
Sign in to saveAlso known as bitter ginger, shampoo ginger, pinecone ginger
species of plant
Species
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderZingiberales
- FamilyZingiberaceae
Himalaya, India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula; widely cultivated in Old World tropics.
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 812
- With media
- 639
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Collections
- UJAT, NY, NCZP, CAS, MEL, US
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Federated States Of Micronesia, United States, Laos, Micronesia (Federated States Of), Philippines, French Polynesia, China
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Encyclopedic overview
Zingiber zerumbet is a species of plant in the ginger family with leafy stems growing to about 1.2 m (4 ft) tall. It originates from Asia, but can be found in many tropical countries. Common names include: awapuhi (from Hawaiian: ʻawapuhi spelled with an ʻokina, doublet of ʻawa), bitter ginger, shampoo ginger, lempoyang (from Malay) and pinecone ginger.
The rhizomes of Z. zerumbet are used as food flavoring and appetizers in various cuisines, and the rhizome extracts have been used in herbal medicine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zingiber zerumbet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.