Phakhaolao Species Database

Serial no: 2080

Status: Basic

Last update: 2024-10-26

ຂີງຂັນໝາກເບັນ
Mak Beng Ginger
Zingiber kerrii Craib

Plants

Herbaceous plants

Vegetables and herbs

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Local name:

Thai: ขิงดา ( Thai: ขิงดา)

Synonyms :

Zingiber menghaiense S.Q.Tong
Zingiber stipitatum S.Q.Tong

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology

Global distribution:

N/A

Distribution in Laos :

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:

N/A

Invasiveness :

N/A

IUCN status :

Least concern

Lao official status :

N/A

Use

Use types:

Food

Comments on use types:

This species is used as a vegetable by Khmu people, who harvest the plants from the forest. Young inflorescences and young shoots are boiled or steamed, or fried with chili and dried fish.

Domestication:

N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:

N/A

Value chains:

N/A

Nutrition

Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:

N/A

Nutrient	/100g	Remark
Proteins	N/A	N/A
Carbohydrates	N/A	N/A
Fats	N/A	N/A
Vitamins	N/A	N/A
Minerals	N/A	N/A
Fibers	N/A	N/A

References

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References:

Bai, L., Leong-Škornicková, J. and Xia, N.H. 2015. Taxonomic studies on Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) in China I: Zingiber kerrii and the synonymy of Z. menghaiense and Z. stipitatum. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 67(1): 129–214.
Souvannakhoummane, K., Leong-Škorničková, J. & Tran, H.D. 2019. Zingiber kerrii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T117459373A124284792. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T117459373A124284792.en. Downloaded on 09 July 2020.
Souvannakhoummane, K. and Leong-Škornicková, J. 2017. Eight new records of Zingiber Mill. (Zingiberaceae) for the flora of Lao P.D.R. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 75(1): 3–18. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428617000312.
Thongam, B., Sarangthem, N. and Konsam, B. 2013. Zingiber kerrii (Zingiberaceae): a new record for India from Manipur. Taiwania 58(4): 291–294.
Triboun, P., Larsen, K. and Chantaranothai, P. 2014. A key to the genus Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) in Thailand with descriptions of 10 new taxa. Thai Journal of Botany 6(4): 53-77.

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ຂີງຂັນໝາກເບັນ Mak Beng Ginger Zingiber kerrii Craib