The Gingers of Malaysia and Borneo. The Zingiberaceae is group of plants commonly known as “ginger”. It is a prominent component of tropical floras throughout the world with the center of distribution in SE Asia.

There are also epiphytic species of ginger. Hedychium longicornutum is often encountered growing on the trunks of palms and trees in Peninsular Malaysia. It is the floral structure or inflorescence of these plants that makes them so attractive in a tropical garden or as cut flowers.

In the Malaysian scenario, ginger has been identified as one of the 10 most popular local herbs that have great commercial potential (data from Malaysian Herbal Corporation). In maximising the economic potential of our rich bio-resources, ethnic knowledge and practices need to be exploited and developed into scientific realities.

Zingiber spectabile is a species of true ginger, native to Maritime Southeast Asia. It is primarily grown in the West as an ornamental plant, [1] although it has been used in South-East Asia as a medicinal herb. [2] The scientific name of the species is Zingiber spectabile.

Zingiber malaysianum (also called Malaysian Ginger, among many other common names) is a perennial herb that grows up to 1.5 meters in height. It is native to Southeast Asia and is found in tropical rainforests. It has large, lance-shaped leaves and yellow, cone-shaped flowers.

The Gingers of Peninsular Malaysia. The group of plants commonly known as “ginger” is a prominent component of tropical floras throughout the world. They are used as ornamental plants for gardens, for traditional medicine, and in culinary preparations as a spice. Read More >>

This site is inspired by the beautiful flowers from a varieties of wild ginger plant. They are found in almost every jungle paths in Malaysia. Yet the flowers many of them highly perishable, were not selected for mention as unique or beautiful.

1600 species of ginger are recorded worldwide (Larsen et al., 1999; Xu & Chang, 2017), with over 160 species from 18 genera were documented in Peninsular Malaysia alone. Various studies were conducted around Malaysia to update the species composition and distribution of the Malaysian ginger plants.

About 160 species of gingers occur in peninsular Malaysia as part of the large ginger family. The document summarizes gingers found in Malaysia and Borneo. It discusses that gingers are a prominent tropical plant with high diversity in Southeast Asia and Borneo.

2007年1月1日 · The family Zingiberaceae or known as the ginger family of flowering plants famous for its medicinal values and is widely distributed especially in Southeast Asia. Malaysia is one of the...