kids encyclopedia robot

Image: Zingiber cernuum at Kadavoor

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image ‎(3,648 × 2,736 pixels, file size: 2.93 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: The genus Zingiber contains the true gingers, a set of plants with medicinal and culinary value in many parts of the world. The most well-known is Z. officinale, garden ginger. Zingiber cernuum, Curved-Stem Ginger is a large perennial herb, 1-2 m tall, with curved stem. Leaves are 15-30 cm, narrow-elliptic, long-pointed. Flowers are borne in spikes 5-10 cm long, directly from the rootstock, rising just above the ground. Bracts are 2-3 cm long, greenish-yellow. Sepal cup is shortly 3-lobed. Flowers are creamish, variegated with red, with the lib broad and 3-lobed. Stamen is one with short filament. Style is threadlike. Flowers open at night. Capsules are 1 cm long, smooth with red, channeled seeds. Curved-Stem Ginger is found in the evergreen forests of Western Ghats.
Title: Zingiber cernuum at Kadavoor
Credit: Own work
Author: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India
Permission: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following license:
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Attribution Required?: Yes

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.