Zingiber montanum

Botanical Description

Zingiber montanum is a herbaceous perennial plant producing clumps of leaves from a large rhizome. The leaves form a pseudostem from 120 - 180cm tall[ 656 Title Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 52 Author Acevedo-Rodríguez P. & Strong M.T. (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institution; Washington. Year 2005 ISBN 0097-1618 Description A treatment of the monocots and gymnosperms growing in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is widely cultivated, especially in southeast Asia, as a medicinal plant[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 656 Title Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 52 Author Acevedo-Rodríguez P. & Strong M.T. (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institution; Washington. Year 2005 ISBN 0097-1618 Description A treatment of the monocots and gymnosperms growing in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].