Boesenbergia rotunda | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 10/12/2018

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Boesenbergia rotunda


00:01:24 1 Common names
00:01:46 2 Uses
00:03:15 3 Research and Studies



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SUMMARY
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Boesenbergia rotunda, commonly known as Chinese keys, fingerroot, lesser galangal or Chinese ginger, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia. In English, the root has traditionally been called fingerroot, because the shape of the rhizome resembles that of fingers growing out of a center piece.
Fingerroot is a kind of ginger (Zingiberaceae). It is an annual crop and indigenous to southern Yunnan Province, China, to west Malaysia. Tropical rain forest is where this fingerroot grows. It has underground trunk, which is called rhizomes. Rhizomes underground branch goes out into many bunches same as ginger, galangal and turmeric. They will accumulate food. The middle part is more swollen than the head and bottom part. The inner part has a variety of color according to the type of fingerroot and aroma. The above ground part is composed of leaf stalk that has a leaf sheath covering it. The leaf sheaths are red, the blades are oval shape and the apex of leaves are sharp. Chinese ginger is herbaceous plant with a height of 2–3 feet. The leaf is about 50 cm. long and 12 cm. wide. The middle of the petioles are deep groove. The bouquet is inserted between the leaf sheaths at the bottom of the trunk. The petals are white or light pink. Flowers bloom one at a time. It looks like a bag. The fruit is dry when it is very old.