Vasilis Teodoridis:
Zingiberaceae | Zingiber
37. Zingiber mioga (Thunberg) Roscoe; Trans. Linn. Soc. London; Bot. 8: 348. 1807.
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Amomum mioga Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14; 51. 1784; Zingiber echuanense Y. K. Yang; Z. oligophyllum K. Schumann.
Rhizomes yellowish. Ligule 2-lobed; 3--12 mm; membranous; petiole absent to 1.7 cm; leaf blade lanceolate-elliptic or linear-lanceolate; 20--37 x 4--6 cm; glabrous or abaxially pilose; apex caudate. Inflorescences arising from rhizomes; ellipsoid; 5--7 cm; peduncle absent to 17 cm; scalelike sheaths oblong; bracts reddish green with purple veins; elliptic. Calyx 2.5--3 cm. Corolla tube longer than calyx; lobes yellowish; lanceolate; 2.7--3 cm x ca. 7 mm. Labellum ovate; ca. 3 cm; central lobe yellow with white margin; ca. 2.5 x 1.8 cm; lateral lobes ca. 1.3 cm x 4 mm. Anther ca. 1 cm; connective appendage ca. 1 cm. Capsule obovoid; loculicidally dehiscent; pericarp red inside. Seeds black; aril white. Fl. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 22.
Moist places in mountain valleys; rarely cultivated. Anhui; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].
Medicinal and a vegetable.