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Zingiber ottensii

Scientific Name
Zingiber ottensii
Family Name
Zingiberaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Bangle hitam (Indonesia), Lampoyang hitam, kunyit hitam, berseh hitam (Malaysia)
Description
Herb 1.5m high, rhizome dirty purple, strong and unlike small (Indonesia)
Rhizomatous, perennial herb with leafy shoots up to 1.5m tall. Rhizome purplishinside and with a very pungent smell. Leaves elliptical, 35-40cm x 6-8cmInflorescence spiciform and on separate scape 25-40cm long; bracts obovate, 4cmlong, convex with incurved tips, bright red; bracteoles linear, 3cm long; spikeellipsoidal to cylindrical, 10-12cm x 4cm; calyx 2.3cm long, white; corolla 5.7cmlong, cream to yellow; labellum 5.5cm long, pale yellow with redbrown markings, orfaintly pink densely interspersed with large and small pale yellow spots; midlobealmost circular and 2cm in diameter. Fruit a red cylindrical capsule. (Malaysia)
Uses
Anti convulsant, mental disage (Indonesia)
Pungent, child birth, sedative, tonic (Malaysia)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Indonesia - Cimanggu
Remarks
Zingiber ottensii (IPNI)

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