1258 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
(Mar.); dr. rt. — stint, fr. rt. = Ad u (Guz.); dr. rt.— aliukku, fr. 
rt. — inji (Tam.); PI. — allam, dr. rt.=sonti, allain, fr. rt. — alfam 
(Tel.) ; dr. rt. — vana-suntlii, fr. rt.— hasisunthi (Kan.); dr. rt.= 
clmkka, fr. rt. — incbi (Mai.); P). = khyen-seing, dr. rt.=ginsi- 
kliiav, fr. rt. =gin sin (Bur.) ; dr. rt. = velicha-ingtiru, fr. rt.— 
amu-inguru (Sing.) ; dr. rt. — zanjabil, zanjabile-yabis, fr. rt.= 
zanjabile-ratab (Ar.) dr. rt. — zanjubil-e-khushk, fr. rt. — 
zanjabil-e-tar (Per.). 
Habitat Cultivated throughout India. 
I toot-stock bi-ennial, bearing many, sessile, aromatic tubers, 
Leafy stems 3-4?t. Leaves (3-3 by lin., tapering gradually 
to the point, lanceolate dark-green, glabrous beneath. 
Spike 2-3 by lin., oblong, cylindric. Peduncle |-lft. Bracts 
about lin., greenish, sub-orbicular, cuspidate. Corolla segments 
lanceolate, greenish, subequal, under one inch long, lap small, 
purplish-black, shorter than the corolla-segments. Midlobe 
orbicular, lateral ovate. Stamens dark-purple, as long as the 
lip.- “ Very rarely flowers, and has never seen seed.” (Rox- 
burgh.) 
Uses : — Ginger is officinal in the British as well as Indian 
Pharmacopeia. Its uses are too well known to be detailed here. 
1245.* Z. Zerunifbet, Smith, h.f.b.i., vl, 247. 
Roxb. 17. 
Sans. : — Sthula-granthi. 
Vern. : — Mahabari bach; Nar-kaclnir (H. & B.); Kachur, 
narkaehur (Pb.); Kathu-inshi-kua (Mah). 
Habitat ; — Widely cultivated throughout India. 
Herbs. Root-stock very large, tuberous, pale-yellow within, 
hard, bi-annual, root-fibres vermiform. Leafy stem 5-Gft., 
about Jin. diarn., cylindric, glabrous, annual. Leaves 10-12 
by 2-3in , sessile, oblong-lanceolate or obla^ceolate, acuminate, 
glabrous ; base narrowed, ligule, J-fin. loiig, truncate mem- 
branous. Flowering stem 12-18in., stout, usually llexuous, 
clothed with long appressed obtuse sheaths, with sometimes 
rudimentary blades. Spikes 3-4in. by 2in. diam., couico- 
