| Wild Ginger |
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| File size | 190180 |
| Original date | 10/25/08 11:26 AM |
| Resolution | 852 x 639 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 72.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Zingiber capitatum Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Wild Ginger is an erect perennial herb, 1-1.5 m tall. Rootstock is a
rhizome which emits long fleshy tuber-bearing roots. Leaves are stalkless,
30-40 cm long, 1-1.8 cm wide, linear-lanceshaped, pointed, smooth above,
velvety beneath. Flowers are borne in a red spike at the end of stem,
10-30 cm long. Stalk carrying the spike is hairy. Bracts are 3-6.5 x 1-1.5
cm, linear, lanceshaped to oblong-obtuse, velvety, ultimately red. Actual
flowers are yellow. Sepal cup is 2-3 cm long, spathe-like, velvety. Petals
are 3 cm long, mid-lobe of the lip is circular, 1.5 cm broad. Lateral
lobes are oblong. Capsules are oblong, 1.5-2 cm long. Wild Ginger is found
in the Himalayan region (Kumaun to Sikkim), Assam, Maydhya Pradesh and
many other parts of India Flowering: August-September.
Identification credit: Dimple Bhati
| Photographed in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh. |