N. O. SCITAHINE/E. 
1249 
Resembles C. Zedoaria, Rose., but differs widely in 'the 
colour of the root. Rootstock ovoid, sessile, large, tubers pale- 
grey inside. Petiole long, green. Leafy tuft about 3ft. 
Leaves large, oblong, with a broad purple-brown cloud down 
the middle, blade 1-1 1 ft. by 5-Gin., glabrous beneath. Spike 
produced dense 5-G by 2J-3in. diam. ; llower bracts green, 
ovate, very obtuse, IJin.; bracts of the coma rather longer, -many, 
bright red. Flowers pale-yellow, rather shorter than the bracts. 
Corolla limb red. Lip Jin. broad obscurely 3-lobed mid-lobe 
* emarginate. (J. G. Baker.) 
Uses : — It is considered to have nearly the same medicinal 
properties as C. Zedoaria. The Turkomans employ these roots 
as a rubefacient, to rub their bodies down with after taking a 
Turkish bath. (Aitchison.) In Bengal, it is used in the fresh 
state like turmeric. 
1235. C. amada, Roxb ., h.f.b.l, vi. 213. Roxb., 
12 . 
Vevn. : — Ama-haldi (II.) ; Am-ada (B.) ; Ambd-halada (Mar.) ; 
Amki-adrak (Dec.) ; Mamidi-allam (Tel.); Kajura gauri (Bomb.). 
Halitai : — Bengal and the Coucans native, and widely culti- 
vated under the name of Mango ginger. 
An annual. Rootstock large ovoid ; sessile tubers thick, 
cylindric deep or pale-orange when mature, not pale-yellow. 
Leafy tuft 2-3ft. Petiole as long as the blade which is l-l J ft. 
by Gin. or nitre in breadth, plain green tapering gradually 
to the base and apex. The form of the leaf is at times oblong- 
lanceolate as described by some Botanists. Peduncle Jft. or 
more hidden by the sheathing base of the leaves. Spike autumn- 
al, 3-6in. by ljin. diam. ; flower bracts about lin. pale-green ; 
those of the coma-tinged pink. Flowers pale-yellow, about as 
long as the bracts. Corolla whitish. Lip pale-yellow. 
Uses:- -The rhizomes are regarded as cooling and useful 
in prurigo. They are also employed as carminative and 
stomachic. Locally applied over contusions and sprains. Roots 
are expectorant and astringent, useful in diarrhoea and gleet. 
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