Zingiber purpureum Roscoe

 
  • Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
    (Ginger Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Amomum cassumunar (Roxb.) Donn; Amomum xanthorhiza Roxb. ex Steud.; Cassumunar roxburghii Colla; Zingiber anthorrhiza Horan.; Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.; Zingiber cassumunar var. palamauense Haines; Zingiber cassumunar var. subglabrum Thwaites; Zingiber cliffordiae Andrews; Zingiber luridum Salisb.; Zingiber paucipunctatum D.Fang; Zingiber pubisquama Ridl.; Zingiber purpureum var. palamauense (Haines) K.K.Khanna; Zingiber xantorrhizon Steud.; Zingiber zerumbet var. valenzuelae Oliveros & Cantoria
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zingiber purpureum Roscoe
  • Vernacular name :
    • Malabari-halad (Marathi)
    • Bano ada, Bhutnasan, Ramkedar (Oria)
    • Ban ada (Hindi)
    • Karu pasupu, Karra allamu (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for rhizomes. Frequent in damp shady forests
  • Key identification features : Rhizomatous, aromatic herbs; Rhizomes bright yellow inside; Leaves lanceolate, pubescent along midrib beneath; Spikes long peduncled, arise directly from rootstocks; Flowers greenish- white; Capsules globose, yellow or orange-red.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Bargarh district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 181-182
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zingiber purpureum. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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