Zingiber collinsii Mood & Theilade

Zingiber collinsii Mood & Theilade, et in Nordic J. Bot. 20(1): 32 (2000), with latin descr. (2000).

 Zingiber collinsii Mood & Theilade; Photos Diep Dinh Quang

Vietnamese name: 

Gừng lá sọc

Chinese name:

English name: 

Silver Streak Ginger

Latin Name: 

Zingiber collinsii Mood & Theilade

Synonym Name: 

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Family: 

Zingiberaceae

Description: 

During a field trip to Vietnam in 1980, Mark Collins collected this new Zingiber species and brought it to market. This species was named collinsii in honor of the collector. 'Silver Streaks' has stunning silver stripes on the upper-surface of its foliage and purple/maroon undersides. The inflorescences are fluorescent orange-red and carrot-shaped. Great for collectors and enthusiast alike. 'Silver Streaks' grows well indoors.

Flowering: 

from September to October

Chemical: 

The rhizomes: a sesquiterpenoid zerumbone, acoumarin (scopoletin), two flavonoids (quercetin, rutin), afurfural derivative (5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural), and two curcuminoids (bisdemethoxycurcumin,demethoxycurcumin)

The rhizomes:  (zerumbone(1)), acoumarin (scopoletin (2)), two flavonoids (quercetin (3), rutin (4)),afurfural derivative (5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5)), and two curcuminoids (bisdemethoxycurcumin (6),demethoxycurcumin (7))

Distribution: 

This species is distributed from southeastern Viet Nam to the south of high central Viet Nam and extends to the eastern parts of Cambodia. Pu Mat, Nghe An (VietNam)

Ecological: 

Uses: 

It is often used to flavour bread, tea, carbonated drinks, biscuits, pickles, and otherconfectionaries because of its aroma and flavour

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- ipni.org

- Le Thi My Chau; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE RHIZOMES OF ZINGIBER COLLINSII MOOD &THEILADE (ZINGIBERACEAE) GROWING IN VIETNAM; VIETNAM JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, No 4A (2016)

- Le Thi My Chau, Vu Dinh Hoang, Nguyen Thi Minh Tu, Tran Dinh Thang, Chemical constituents of the rhizomes of Zingiber collinsii Mood &Theilade (Zingiberaceae) GROWING IN VIETNAM, Journal of Science and Technology 54 (4A) (2016) 283-289