蘘荷 Zingiber mioga

  • Scientific Name: Zingiber mioga (Thunberg) Roscoe
  • Ref: Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 8: 348. 1807
  • Synonyms: Amomum mioga Thunb.; Zingiber echuanense Y.K.Yang; Z. mijooka Siebold; Z. sjooka Siebold
  • English Common Name: myoga ginger, Japanese ginger
  • Chinese Common Name: 蘘荷 ránghé, 阳荷 yánghé
  • Japanese Common Name: ミョウガ [茗荷] myōga
  • Family: Zingiberaceae
  • Genus: Zingiber
  • Distribution: Moist places in mountain valleys; rarely cultivated. Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan].
  • Photo: 11/12/2010
Rhizomes yellowish. Ligule 2-lobed, 3--12 mm, membranous; petiole absent to 1.7 cm; leaf blade lanceolate-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, 20--37 × 4--6 cm, glabrous or abaxially pilose, apex caudate. Inflorescences arising from rhizomes, ellipsoid, 5--7 cm; peduncle absent to 17 cm, scalelike sheaths oblong; bracts reddish green with purple veins, elliptic. Calyx 2.5--3 cm. Corolla tube longer than calyx; lobes yellowish, lanceolate, 2.7--3 cm × ca. 7 mm. Labellum ovate, ca. 3 cm; central lobe yellow with white margin, ca. 2.5 × 1.8 cm; lateral lobes ca. 1.3 cm × 4 mm. Anther ca. 1 cm; connective appendage ca. 1 cm. Capsule obovoid, loculicidally dehiscent; pericarp red inside. Seeds black; aril white. Fl. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 22. (Flora of China)

09/03/2014, Hangzhou Botanical Garden

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