ຂີງຂັນໝາກເບັນ / Mak Beng Ginger
APA 6th ed. ຂີງຂັນໝາກເບັນ / Mak Beng Ginger. (2020, July 13). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000872
MLA 8th ed. ຂີງຂັນໝາກເບັນ / Mak Beng Ginger. Pha Khao Lao, 13 July 2020, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000872.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2020. "ຂີງຂັນໝາກເບັນ / Mak Beng Ginger." Published July 13, 2020. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000872.
Zingiber stipitatum S.Q.Tong
Rhizomatous herb up to 1.9 m tall. Leaves 10-30, linear to lanceolate, 10-30 x 2-3 cm, apex acuminate, base attenuate, margin entire. Petiole 3 mm long. Inflorescences arising from the rhizome, spike ovate, 4.5-9 x 4-5 cm, peduncles 4-12 cm long. Flower pale yellow with a pinkish-red patch. Bracts orbiculate 4.2 x 3.6 cm, apex round with dark pinkish to red. Bracteoles oblong, apex rounded. Calyx 1.3-1.5 cm long, tube glabrous, spilled one side. Floral tube 3.6 cm long, corolla lobes ovate to oblong-lanceolate. Labellum yellowish, obovate, apex bifid, near the base pinkish with purple spot, lateral staminodes oblong. Anther white. The ovary is glabrous.
Flowering and Fruiting from May to July. found in deciduous forest mixed bamboo.
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.