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Accession Data:

Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf.

  • Common Name: Fingerroot
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley

  • Country of Origin: Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia
  • Habitat: Understory of wet bamboo hill forest on steep slopes.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900131
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999188
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 99-6511
    Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Williams, K. J., Thet Htun
    Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Pyin-Oo-Lwin Township
    Dat Taw Gyaik Water Fall,  Trail to waterfall
    21.9786, 96.5528, 03 Jul 1999
    
    Herb with shoots to 1.2 m, leaves entirely green, base of stem deep red.  
    Inflorescence terminal on leafy shoot, primary bracts deep green, bracteoles pale green and hidden within shoot.  
    Flowers: corolla tube white, petals and lateral staminodes pink
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 3207 - ZING: Zingiber
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-26-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae
  • SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
  • Tribe: Zingibereae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • Domesticated Plants of Austronesia
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Root Vegetables - Rhizomes
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Assam / Andaman Is. / Cambodia / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Sumatera

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Friday, 12 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:15:17 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Boesenbergia rotunda

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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