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 05-23-2023
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):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- 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, 24 May 2023 08:09:26 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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