Hitchenia

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Hitchenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
Genus: Hitchenia
Wall.
Species:
H. glauca
Binomial name
Hitchenia glauca
Synonyms[1]
  • Dischema glaucum (Wall.) Voigt

Hitchenia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one recognized species, Hitchenia glauca, endemic to Myanmar (Burma).[1] The plant, which is called malaphu (မာလာဖူး) in Burmese, is used as an herb in Burmese cuisine.[2]

A few other species were formerly included in Hitchenia but have been moved to other genera:[1]

Curcuma and Larsenianthus are in the family Zingiberaceae , but Stachyphrynium is in Marantaceae.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "ဆေးဖက်ဝင်တဲ့ မာလာဖူး ရဲ့ အကျိုးအာနိသင်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-10-26.

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