Zingiber ZERUMBET (L.) Roscoe ex Sm.
| Synonym : | Amomum zerumbet L. Cardamomum spurium (J.Koenig) Kuntze Dieterichia lampujang Giseke Zerumbet zin |
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| Bangla Name : | Mahabaribach, Ekangi ,Murada (Chakma), Pala (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
| Disease : | cough, asthma, worms, leprosy ,skin diseases,gastric pain. |
| Description : | A rhizomatous herb, with a leafy stem up to 1.5 m high. Rhizome pale yellow inside. Leaves sessile or sub-sessile, 20-30 cm long, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acuminate, lower surface silky pubescent when young, ligule 1.5-3 cm, membranous, entire. Inflorescence radical, peduncle 30-70 cm long, spikes 7-12 cm long, ovate-oblong, often rounded at tips, red when mature. Corolla tube 2.5-3 cm long, lobes white or yellowish. Labellum light yellow-creamy, 3-lobed, mid-lobe about 1.8 cm broad, suborbicular, bifid. |
| Distribution : | All over the country in fallow shady areas. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Rhizome contains 42% starch and 1.1% (fresh wt. basis) essential oil. Oil contains zerumbone (8-oxohumulene), two terpenoids- humulene monoxide and humulene dioxide, two ketones humulene epoxide I and humulene epoxide II and humulenol along with (+)?-curc |
| Uses : | Rhizome is used like ginger. It is employed as a remedy for cough, asthma, worms, leprosy and other skin diseases. In Khagrachari, rhizome juice is used for cough and asthma. In Rangamati, the rhizome is used along with Kaempferia parviflora for the treat |
| Habit : | Herb |