Zingiber zerumbet
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Family Zingiberaceae
Taxonomy: Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Amomum zerumbet L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Zingiber zerumbet f. australiense F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (6), Cooper_2013 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 24 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 12 mm (12-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 6 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 2 | 2 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |