N. 0. soitamine.e. 
1250 
oblong, bracts 1-1 i in., closely imbricate, ovate-oblong, tip 
rounded, glabrous, green, bright-red in fruit. Margins membran- 
ous. Calyx-tube lin., appressed to the corolla-tube, 3-toothed, 
glabrous. Oorolla-tube l{-in., segments ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate ; lateral smaller, adnate to the base of the 1 ip. hip shorter 
than the corolla-segments, 3-fid ; lobes obtuse, median, longest ; 
anthers glabrous. Style glabrous; stigma minute, funnel-shaped; 
mouth ciliate. Fruit lin., long, oblong. Seeds e-in., long, ob- 
long, black. Flowers very pale, the lip rather darker. 
Uses : — This wild ginger has the aromatic flavour of Z. 
Officinale, mixed with some bitterness. The rhizome is used 
like the officinal ginger. It is employed as a hot remedy for 
coughs, asthma, “ special diseases,” worms, leprosy and other 
skin diseases. (Baden-Powell.) 
1246. Z. Casumunar, Roxb., h.f.b.i., vi., 248. 
Roxb. 17. 
Sans. : — Van-ardraka. 
Vern.: — Ban-Ad a (H. A- B.) ; Nisa, Malabar i halad (Mar.); 
Kftru allamu, Kflra pasupu, Karpushpai (Tel.). 
Habitat : — From the Himalaya to Ceylon and Malay Penin- 
sula, Konkan. Southern Maratha Country, Western Ghats, 
TCanara, widely cultivated. 
Root-stock perennial, bright-yellow inside. Leafy stem 
4-flft. Leaves 12-18 by 2-3in., oblong-lanceolate, pubescent 
beneath. Spike oblong, 4-6in. l|-2in. diam. ; peduncle 3-12in. ; 
bracts ovate, l-l|in. and nearly as broad, bright-red or 
greenish-red, or reddish. Corolla-segment whitish ; lip un- 
spotted, yellowish-whjte, with a deeply bifid, fin., broad and 
long, mid-lobe basal; auricles large, oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube 
as long as the bract ; segments lin., upper broader and more 
concave. Stamen yellowish-white, shorter than the lip. Capsule 
small, globose. 
Uses : — It has a similar reputation to the officinal ginger, 
and in the Konkans is considerably used as carminative 
stimulant in diarrhoea and colic. (Dymock.) 
