Zingiber officinale Roscoe

 
  • Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
    (Ginger Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zingiber officinale Roscoe
  • Common name : Ginger, Halia, Canto Ginger, Spice Ginger
  • Vernacular name :
    • Shunti (Sanskrit)
    • Adarak (Hindi)
    • Shunti (Kannada)
    • Allamu, Ardrakamu (Telugu) Adrak, Ale, Sunt (Marathi)
    • Ada (Oria)
    • Andrakam, Chukku, Erukizhangu, Inchi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Widely cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Widely cultivated in all tropical countries. Rhizomes are a source of Ginger of commerce, used as as a stimulant, carminative and condiment.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • World Distribution : India and other tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 1988- Studies on Zingiberaceae of Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zingiber officinale. Downloaded on 12 December 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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