Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Zingiber zerumbet

From Ayurwiki
Jump to: navigation, search
'Awapuhi 'ula'ula, "Red Ginger".jpg

Zingiber zerumbet is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing clumps of leaves from a large rhizome. The leaves form a pseudostem from 60 - 200cm tall. A popular and widely cultivated plant in southeast Asia where it is used as a medicinal plant and spice. The roots are sold in local markets in Java. The plant also produces very ornamental flowering heads and is widely grown in gardens.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

The most abundant components were monoterpenes (76.1%): camphene (15) (16.3%), sabinene (16) (14.6%), citral (17) (26.1%), zingiberene (18) (7.2%) and lavandulyl acetate etc.[2]

Common names

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Prefers a position in humid woodland shade. Prefers a fertile, humus-rich soil.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

  • 'Awapuhi 'ula'ula, "Red Ginger".jpg
  • 004 cone gingers.jpg
  • Starr 020803-0013 Zingiber zerumbet.jpg
  • Starr 020803-0014 Zingiber zerumbet.jpg
  • Starr 020803-0015 Zingiber zerumbet.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. ↑ Chemical constituents
  3. ↑ [Morphology]
  4. ↑ Cultivation

External Links

Retrieved from "https://ayurwiki.org/index.php?title=Zingiber_zerumbet&oldid=52281"