Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• Locality

  Panay Island, southwestern range of Mt Baloy, Anunang, ca 5 km south of Lublub

• Elevation

  Alt. 400 m. (1312 ft.)

• Coordinates

  11.03, 122.05

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
Genus: Zingiber
Species: zerumbet	y
Authority: (L.) Sm.	/7^v-_
Family: Zingiberaceae	\
Det. By:
Field Chr: A common fleshy herb; flowers white; plant rhizomatous.
Locality: Panay Island: Southwestern range of Mt. Baloy, Anunang,
ca 5 km south of Lublub.
Habitat: Moist, shady slopes of rainforest.
Alt.: 400 m Geogr. Coord.: 11 02 NX 122 03 E
Coll.: G.S. Varadarajan, Reynoso, Fernando, Mosing
No.: 1513 Coll. Date: August 4, 1987
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number: Q6601644-X, Q6601645-Y, Q6601646-Z
Q6601647-A.
Collected under contract to: U.S. National Cancer Institute,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Harvard
University), and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago).
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Field Museum of Natural History
Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm.
October 17, 1990
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