Boesenbergia rotunda

Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf., Kulturpflanze 6: 239 (1958).

Boesenbergia rotunda
Boesenbergia rotunda
Boesenbergia rotunda
Boesenbergia rotunda
Boesenbergia rotunda
Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf., Photo by Khách Vô Danh

Its rhizomes are often shaped like a bunch of fingers, hence its common English name fingerroot. It is used in Thai cuisine, by the name krachai, and is also commonly called Chinese ginger, although it is not in the same genus as true ginger 

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