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Zingiber kelabitianum(Zingiberaceae): a new species from Borneo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2010

I. Theilade  and
H. Christensen
I. Theilade
Affiliation:
Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Nordlandsvej 68, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark.
H. Christensen
Affiliation:
Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Nordlandsvej 68, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark.
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Abstract

Zingiber kelabitianum from Sarawak, Borneo is described. This new species belongs to section Zingiber, having radical, erect inflorescences. It is related to Z. pachysiphon B.L. Burtt & R.M. Sm. in the large size of the plant and the robust, cylindrical inflorescences with deflexed bracts. It differs in the dense, yellow-brown indumentum of the leaf sheath and ligules, the bright red bracts, the longer bracteole and the free, well-developed lateral lobes of the labellum. The traditional uses of the plant by the indigenous people, the Kelabits, are described.

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GingerKelabitnew speciesSarawaktraditional medicine
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , July 1998 , pp. 239 - 242
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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