Vị thuốc Thảo quả | Vị thuốc Đông y | Nhà thuốc Thanh Tâm

** Công dụng: Làm ấm bụng, giảm đầy hơi, hỗ trợ tiêu hóa, khử mùi hôi do ẩm thấp

** Thuộc họ Gừng (Zingiberaceae)

** Tên gọi liên quan của Thảo quả
Tên gọi khác: Thảo quả nhân, Tào quả, Sơn quả, Đò ho, Tò ho
Tên khoa học: Amomum tsao-ko Crevost & Lemarié (Amomum aromaticum Roxb amomym medium lour)
Tên tiếng Trung: 草果 (Cao Guo)

#Thảoquả #KinhTỳ #KinhVị #Tínhôn #Vịcay #Zingiberaceae #Vịthuốcphổbiến

My galangal plant is blooming. Galangal is a member of zingiberaceae (the ginger family). Although it's less well-known in the west, its rhizome is used in a variety of Southeast Asian dishes.

I'm not a huge fan of the flavor, but I grow it anyway. A lot of members of zingiberaceae grow well in shady areas at my place (I guess they don't care about growing in a low-soil environment!), so I grow them.

The unique shape of the flower makes me wonder what pollinator it evolved with... 🤔

#plants #flowers #Bloomscrolling #nature #galangal #zingiberaceae #hawaii

#ForestForensics

As I was pulling weeds the other day, I pulled up this rhizome that past-me had planted.

Can you tell what it is from the images below?

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ANSWER:

It is turmeric (olena, as it's called locally)!

The rhizome pieces are smaller than ginger, and break off much easier. In pic 2, you can see the bright orange/yellow interior. I also smelled the rhizome and it smells like other turmeric I've grown. The rhizomes of zingiberaceae often have unique and specific smells that can aid in identification, so I always try to smell them. My favorite so far is cardamom rhizome, which is just heavenly 🥰 (galangal is my least favorite. Sorry galangal-lovers! 😅)

Pic 3 shows a new shoot, but it's not big enough to aid in identification between say, an edible ginger and cardamom (at least not to me). When the shoots & leaves are larger, it's pretty easy to tell the difference.

#zingiberaceae #plants #gardening #tropical #ginger #turmeric #hawaii #nature

#NewSpecies!
Renealmia susannae-katziae

A newly discovered ginger from Burundi!
Holotype: Meise Botanic Garden

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/54570C64-D7F3-5D78-8B66-49DD44BF7216
Publication: http://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.99146
#plecevo

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #ginger #zingiberaceae #burundi

spotted on the side of the road yesterday, it is apparently calathea crotalifera. it was huge! much taller than me.

at first i thought it was a heliconia, but apparently not!

@plants #plant #tropical #hawai'i #zingiberaceae

my first time harvesting some of our blue/black olena/turmeric.

it smells like fresh (orange) turmeric with a hint of fresh galangal.

i saved a small piece to cook with & planted the others in new spots.

thank you, olena plant! 🙏

@plants
#turmeric #tropical #hawai'i #plants #harvest #zingiberaceae #olena