Zingiber purpureum Roscoe

 
  • Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
    (GINGER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Zingiberaceae
  • Species : Zingiber purpureum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Zingiber montanum (Koenig.) Link ex A.Dietr.
  • Vernacular name : Ban ada (Hin.); Karu pasapu, Karra allamu (Tel.); Bhutnasan, Ramkedar, Bano ada (Ori.)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Comments : In damp shady forests.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Ganjam district (Odisha State); East Godavari district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India; Wildely cultivated in Tropical Asia
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Zingiber purpureum. Downloaded on 1 July 2024.

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