Zingiber montanum
Nombres vernáculos
(en territorios con usos significativos TRAMIL)
Santo Domingo:
- jengibre amargo
Distribución geográfica
Nativa de Asia tropical, cultivada en los trópicos.
Descripción botánica
Herbácea de hasta 1 m. Hojas oblongo-lanceoladas, de 13 a 28 cm, obtusas. Brácteas aovadas a orbiculares, de 2.5 a 3.5 cm, obtusas, verdes con borde pálido; margen pubescente; corola blanca, tubo delgado de 2.5 cm; lóbulos acuminados. Fruto elipsoide de 2.5 cm.
Voucher(s)
Pelaez&Germosén-Robineau,1588,JBSD
Farmacopea
Ed.3References
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