Zingiber

Boehm.
Description: 
Perennial herbs with creeping, aromatic, fleshy rhizome; leafy stems usually separate from flowering ones. Inflorescence cylindric to ovoid; peduncle long; bracts closely imbricate or with free apices, often brightly coloured, each enclosing a 1(2
Distribution: 
Species 60, Indomalesia to E Asia and tropical Australia. *Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Ginger) and *Z. zerumbet (L.) Sm. are cultivated and may persist as relics of cultivation.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
ZINGIBERACEAE

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