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<big>''[[Zingiber ottensii]]'' Valeton</big>
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:Family: Zingiberaceae
==Vernacular names==
*Indonesia: panglai hideung (Sundanese), bunglai hantu (eastern Sumatra). *Peninsular Malaysia: lampoyang hitam, kunyit hitam, berseh hitam*Thailand: phlai dam (northern), puu loei dam (northern), phlai muang (Bangkok)
==Uses==
== Observations ==
*Rhizomatous, perennial herb with leafy shoots up to 1.5 m tall. Rhizome purplish inside and with a very pungent smell. *Leaves elliptical, 35-40 cm × 6-8 cm. *Inflorescence spiciform and on separate scape 25-40 cm long; bracts obovate, 4 cm long, convex with incurved tips, bright red; bracteoles linear, 3 cm long; spike ellipsoidal to cylindrical, 10-12 cm × 4 cm; calyx .*Calyx 2.3 cm long, white; corolla 5.7 cm long, cream to yellow; labellum 5.5 cm long, pale yellow with red-brown markings, or faintly pink densely interspersed with large and small pale yellow spots; midlobe almost circular and 2 cm in diameter. *Fruit a red cylindrical capsule. ''Z. ottensii'' is only known from cultivation and can easily be distinguished by its purplish rhizome flesh.
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