Gingers of Manipur: diversity and potentials as bioresources

The gingers are well-known for their medicinal and economic significance and occur chiefly in the tropical regions of the world mainly in the Indo-Malaysian area of Asia. From Manipur in northeast India, 33 species under 9 genera have been collected from different parts of the State. Collected speci...

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Published in:Genetic resources and crop evolution 2011-06, Vol.58 (5), p.753-767
Main Authors: Sharma, Gurumayum Jitendra, Chirangini, Pukhrambam, Kishor, Rajkumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Alpinia
Amomum
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Curcuma
Elettaria
foods
Hedychium
Kaempferia
Life Sciences
Medicinal plants
Notes on Neglected and Underutilized Crops
Ornamental plants
Oxidizing agents
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Physiology
Plant Sciences
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
planting
Species
traditional medicine
Tropical environment
Tropical environments
tropics
Zingiber
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Summary:The gingers are well-known for their medicinal and economic significance and occur chiefly in the tropical regions of the world mainly in the Indo-Malaysian area of Asia. From Manipur in northeast India, 33 species under 9 genera have been collected from different parts of the State. Collected specimens were planted in the Experimental Field of the Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University. The morphological details of the various species were worked out. The characteristic features of the specimen, their traditional uses, anti-oxidant compounds present and biological activities are described. The identified genera are Alpinia (3 spp.), Amomum (5 spp.), Boesenbergia (1 sp.), Curcuma (10 spp.), Elettaria (1 sp.), Hedychium (7 spp. and 1 variety), Kaempferia (2 spp.), Roscoea (1 sp.) and Zingiber (3 spp.). Of these, 26 species have been used variously as food (15), traditional medicine (21) and ornamental plants (9) by the ethnic people in their culture. Ten species have been identified to possess various bioactive molecules.
ISSN:0925-9864
1573-5109
DOI:10.1007/s10722-011-9678-5