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Zingiber zerumbet
About Plant
| Plant ID | PLN0039 | ||
| Plant Name | Zingiber zerumbet | ||
| Common Name | Shampoo ginger | ||
| Vernacular Name | Shampoo ginger | ||
| Plant Description | The leaves and leaf stalks, which are also fragrant, were used in baking in the imu, underground oven, to enhance the flavor of pork and fish as they cooked. Traditionally, the aromatic underground rhizomes were sliced, dried, and pounded to a powder, then added to the folds of stored kapa (tapa) cloth. | ||
Plant Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae | |
| Phylum | Streptophyta | |
| Class | Magnolipsida | |
| Order | Zingiberales | |
| Family | Zingiberaceae | |
| Genus | Zingiber | |
| Species | zerumbet | |
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| Chemical Constituents | (E)-Nerolidol, Linalool, Beta-Caryophyllene, (E)-Beta-Ocimene, Trans-Alpha-Bergamotene, Alpha- Pinene, Delta-3-Carene, (E)-Beta-Farnesene, Zingiberene, Beta-Pinene, Gamma-Terpinene, Alpha-Terpineol, Undecanol, Fenchone, Alpha-Copaene, Elemol, Terpinolene, E-E-Alpha-Farnesene, A-Bisabolol, Terpinen-4-01, Sesquiphellandrene, Cineole, Sabinene, Caryophyllene Oxide, Pinocarvone, Camphor, Bornyl Acetate, P-Cymene, Bulnesol, Camphene, Nerolidol, Borneol, Citronellyl formate, Myrtenol, Bicyclogermacrene, Myrtenal, Myrcene | |
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