
Zingiberaceae FAMILY
Zingiber montanum
Zingiber montanum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
The root is sometimes used for making an arrow poison[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
Prefers a position in humid forest shade[2]. Prefers a moist, humus-rich soil[2]. The plant often escapes from cultivation in the Greater Antilles[3]. It is naturalized in Puerto Rico[3].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Zingiber+montanum>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
- [2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
- [3]Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands — Acevedo-Rodríguez P. & Strong M.T. (Editors) · Smithsonian Institution; Washington. · 2005 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0097-1618 ↩︎A treatment of the monocots and gymnosperms growing in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
- [5]An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences. — Gould G.M. · P. Blakiston's Son & Co.; Philadelphia. · 1907 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A major work at the time, though very dated now. Contains quite a lot of information about medicinal plant uses.
- [6]Pharmacographia Indica — Dymock W.; Warden C.J.H.; Hooper D. · Education Society's Press, Byculla; Mombai. · 1890 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Information on the principal plant medicines encountered in India in the 19th century.