Elettariopsis slahmong C.K.Lim
SGG project - Working note:
BN: Elettariopsis slahmong C.K.Lim. Zingiberaceae.
VN: [Malay - Halia kesing, Pepijat], Thai - Slahmong. "Slahmong" is a Thai word for stinkbug.
Source: SLN, Jerant, Ph
ACQ Date: 130813-0051-August 13, 2013
Found throughout Peninsular Malaysia (endemic). The plant, 0.5–1.5 m tall, produces creeping rhizomes, 2–6 leaves with extended tips and clustered flowers. (clustered-head inflorescence). The whole plant has a strong repulsive stinkbug odor. Considered delicacy, the aborigines in Peninsular Malaysia use the leaves of this plant to flavor their native cuisines of wild meat and fish. Old Malay kampong folks in Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan and Terengganu use the leaves for flavoring curry and other spicy dishes. In Southern Thailand, the leaves are eaten raw.
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-243122
aplx5.rdg.ac.uk/annual-checklist/2009/show_species_detail...
Chan H. W. Bio-activities and chemical constituents of leaves of some Etlingera species (Zingiberaceae) in Pennsular Malaysia. Phd dissertation, Monash University.
eprints.usm.my/10343/1/PHYTOCHEMICAL_INVESTIGATION_ON_SOM...
Elettariopsis slahmong C.K.Lim
SGG project - Working note:
BN: Elettariopsis slahmong C.K.Lim. Zingiberaceae.
VN: [Malay - Halia kesing, Pepijat], Thai - Slahmong. "Slahmong" is a Thai word for stinkbug.
Source: SLN, Jerant, Ph
ACQ Date: 130813-0051-August 13, 2013
Found throughout Peninsular Malaysia (endemic). The plant, 0.5–1.5 m tall, produces creeping rhizomes, 2–6 leaves with extended tips and clustered flowers. (clustered-head inflorescence). The whole plant has a strong repulsive stinkbug odor. Considered delicacy, the aborigines in Peninsular Malaysia use the leaves of this plant to flavor their native cuisines of wild meat and fish. Old Malay kampong folks in Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan and Terengganu use the leaves for flavoring curry and other spicy dishes. In Southern Thailand, the leaves are eaten raw.
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-243122
aplx5.rdg.ac.uk/annual-checklist/2009/show_species_detail...
Chan H. W. Bio-activities and chemical constituents of leaves of some Etlingera species (Zingiberaceae) in Pennsular Malaysia. Phd dissertation, Monash University.
eprints.usm.my/10343/1/PHYTOCHEMICAL_INVESTIGATION_ON_SOM...