Zingiber capitatum

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Date on which this page was first created 2010/08/24
This page was last modified on: 6 September 2010 15:20:48
Name of the species Zingiber capitatum
ID on Encyclopedia of Life
Synonyms Please check Binomial Classification section for synonyms.
Common English Names Wild Ginger
Common Hindi Names जंगली अदरक Jangali adrak
Common Indian names Bon Ada (Assamese) Flowers of India
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Angiosperm phylogeny. This image is copyrighted. Rights owned by Theodore C.H.Cole (Heidelberg) and Hartmut H. Hilger (Berlin) 2010. Please obtain copyright permissions before reuse.
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Taxon Value
Regnum (Kingdom) Plantae
Division Magnoliophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Zingiberales
Family Zingiberaceae
Genus Zingiber
Source of data Encyclopedia of Life

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DivisionTaxon detailsTaxon morphology details
MagnoliophytaAlso called Angiospermae. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from gymnosperms around 245–202 million years ago, and the first flowering plants known to exist are from 140 million years ago. They diversified enormously during the Lower Cretaceous and became widespread around 100 million years ago, but replaced conifers as the dominant trees only around 60-100 million years ago.These are seed plants like Gymnosperms, but can be differentiated by the presence of flowers, seeds containing endosperm and seeds that produce a fruit. Angiosperms are the most diverse and highly evolutionarily successful group of land plants.
SpeciesClassCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Acacia niloticaMagnoliopsidaArabic Gum, Black Piquant, Egyptian thorn, Prickly acaciaबबूल Babool,कीकर Kikar
Saraca indicaMagnoliopsidaAshokaअशोक Ashok
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ClassTaxon detailsTaxon morphology details
MagnoliopsidaMagnoliopsida is the scientific name for dicots. This class contains about ~1,99,350 species of Angiosperms. Eudicots are a subset of Dicots. Based on chloroplast DNA sequences, the divergence date between monocots and dicots is estimated to be ~200 million years, with a 40 million years uncertainty.Dicots are diverse in habit, with half of all the species being more or less woody-stemmed - a reflection of the usual presence of a vascular cambium in the class. Annuals, biennials, vines, epiphytes, aquatics, parasites, and saprotrophs are also well represented in dicots. Vascular bundles of the stem are usually borne in a ring that encloses the pith. Vessel elements present except in some putatively primitive woody or aquatic families. Most dicots have a primary root system derived from the radicle, although some have an adventitious root system commonly seen in the class of monocots. Cotyledons are usually 2, seldom 1, 3, or 4. Leaves are mostly net-veined.
SpeciesOrderCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Zingiber rubensZingiberalesBengal Ginger
Elettaria cardamomumZingiberalesCardamom, Green cardamomइलाएची Elaichi
Curcuma longaZingiberalesCommon Turmericहल्दी Haldi
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SpeciesFamilyCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Zingiber rubensZingiberaceaeBengal Ginger
Elettaria cardamomumZingiberaceaeCardamom, Green cardamomइलाएची Elaichi
Curcuma longaZingiberaceaeCommon Turmericहल्दी Haldi
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FamilyTaxon detailsTaxon morphology details
ZingiberaceaeZingiberaceae split off from the genus Costaceae ~79 or ~100 million years ago, based on two estimates (Kress06,Janssen04). The family consists of over 93 genera and over 2000 different species, with the center of diversity in South-East Asia.Small to large herbaceous plants, distichous leaves with basal sheaths that overlap to form a pseudostem. Plants are either self-supporting or epiphytic. Flowers are hermaphroditic, usually strongly zygomorphic (bilateral symmetry), in determinate cymose inflorescences, with conspicuous, spirally arranged bracts. The perianth is composed of two whorls, a fused tubular calyx, and a tubular corolla with one lobe larger than the other two. Flowers typically have two of their stamenoids (sterile stamens) fused to form a petaloid lip, and have only one fertile stamen. The ovary is inferior and topped by two nectaries, the stigma is funnel-shaped.
SpeciesGenusCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Zingiber rubensZingiberBengal Ginger
Zingiber officinaleZingiberGarden gingerअदरक Adrak
Zingiber chrysanthumZingiberGolden flowered ginger
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Based on classification

FamilyTaxon detailsTaxon morphology details
ZingiberaceaeZingiberaceae split off from the genus Costaceae ~79 or ~100 million years ago, based on two estimates (Kress06,Janssen04). The family consists of over 93 genera and over 2000 different species, with the center of diversity in South-East Asia.Small to large herbaceous plants, distichous leaves with basal sheaths that overlap to form a pseudostem. Plants are either self-supporting or epiphytic. Flowers are hermaphroditic, usually strongly zygomorphic (bilateral symmetry), in determinate cymose inflorescences, with conspicuous, spirally arranged bracts. The perianth is composed of two whorls, a fused tubular calyx, and a tubular corolla with one lobe larger than the other two. Flowers typically have two of their stamenoids (sterile stamens) fused to form a petaloid lip, and have only one fertile stamen. The ovary is inferior and topped by two nectaries, the stigma is funnel-shaped.

More details can be found in the Binomial Classification section.

Morphology from Encyclopedia of Life

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General morphology

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General morphological features of the plant Wild Ginger is an erect perennial herb, 1-1.5 m tall. Rootstock is a rhizome which emits long fleshy tuber-bearing roots. Leaves are stalkless, 30-40 cm long, 1-1.8 cm wide, linear-lanceshaped, pointed, smooth above, velvety beneath. Flowers are borne in a red spike at the end of stem, 10-30 cm long. Stalk carrying the spike is hairy. Bracts are 3-6.5 x 1-1.5 cm, linear, lanceshaped to oblong-obtuse, velvety, ultimately red. Actual flowers are yellow. Sepal cup is 2-3 cm long, spathe-like, velvety. Petals are 3 cm long, mid-lobe of the lip is circular, 1.5 cm broad. Lateral lobes are oblong. Capsules are oblong, 1.5-2 cm long."Wild Ginger is an erect perennial herb, 1-1.5 m tall. Rootstock is a rhizome which emits long fleshy tuber-bearing roots. Leaves are stalkless, 30-40 cm long, 1-1.8 cm wide, linear-lanceshaped, pointed, smooth above, velvety beneath. Flowers are borne in a red spike at the end of stem, 10-30 cm long. Stalk carrying the spike is hairy. Bracts are 3-6.5 x 1-1.5 cm, linear, lanceshaped to oblong-obtuse, velvety, ultimately red. Actual flowers are yellow. Sepal cup is 2-3 cm long, spathe-like, velvety. Petals are 3 cm long, mid-lobe of the lip is circular, 1.5 cm broad. Lateral lobes are oblong. Capsules are oblong, 1.5-2 cm long." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. Flowers of India
Seed dispersal mechanism
Bloom type Perennial
Life cycle of the plant

How to identify this species

For a detailed description, refer to the General Morphology details above

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Type of plant Herb
Plant height Up to 3 feet
Flower color Pink, Orange/Red Based on photo in Flowers of India
Flower shape
Floral symmetry
Phyllotaxy of leaves
Leaf shape Lanceolate FoI
Is the leaf petiolated or sessile? Sessile FoI
Is the leaf simple or compound? Simple FoI

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IUCN Conservation Status Not Evaluated Encyclopedia of Life
Indian States in which the species has been documented Assam,Arunachal Pradesh,Bihar,Jammu and Kashmir,Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh,Meghalaya,Sikkim,Uttarakhand Based on data in FoI and EoL, Plants of India
Locations at which the species has been documented
Biotic zones inhabited Northeastern Himalayas, Northwestern Himalayas, Western Ghats Based on data in FoI and EoL
Details about the habitat
Is this species native to India? Yes Based on info from FoI, EoL
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Sub-Himalayan regions? Yes Based on info from FoI, EoL
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Western Ghats?
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Eastern Ghats?

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Does this species have any medicinal use?

Other plants of the same family having medicinal use:

Species nameCommon nameCommon Hindi nameFamilyAilment typeMedicinal use description
Alpinia allughasTaraTara (Bengali)ZingiberaceaeThe plant is used in Chinese folk medicine
Alpinia calcarataSnap Ginger, Cardamom ginger, Indian gingerकुलंजन KulanjanZingiberaceaePains and InflammationAlpinia calcarata is used atleast in Sri Lanka as a folk medicine for pain relief. Some studies from University of Colombo have tried to study the effect of ethanolic extracts and hot water extracts on reproductive competence and pain relief in rats.
Curcuma longaCommon Turmericहल्दी HaldiZingiberaceaeInfectious diseases
Accidents
Pains and Inflammation
Common ailments
Systemic disorders
Organ-specific disorders
Cancer
Although several studies have shown efficacy of using turmeric for many diseases, reliable scientific evidence is lacking for many conditions. The important active component is a polyphenol called Curcumin. It has been shown to have antioxidant, antibiotic, antitumor, antiamyloid, antiischemic and antiinflammatory properties. See molecular details more more specific mode of action.
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Medicinal systems which use this plant Modern Medicine
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  • If the number of nucleotide sequences is less than 100, very little genomic work has been done on this species. A respectable number of nucleotide sequences is above 10000.
  • Most of the nucleotide sequences may come from three sources:
  1. Studies on single genes, where people try to sequence genes such as some specific dehydrogenases important,say, for tannin production
  2. Sequences of Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer, whose sequence is used for generating molecular phylogenetic trees to establish species relationships
  3. Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) which can tell about which genes are present and expressed in the species at a particular time in the given tissue

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Are herbarium specimen available for this species?
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References

Encyclopedia of Life (Web): Encyclopedia of Life entry, Accessdate=2010-08-24


Flowers of India (Web): Flowers of India entry on wild ginger, Accessdate=2010-08-24


Plants Database of India (Web): Plants Database of India, Accessdate=2010-08-24