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Zingiber officinale
Ginger
As recorded: Zingiber officinale Roscoe
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Zingiberales › Zingiberaceae
- Collected by
- Moore, J.W.
- Collector number
- 583
- Date
- January 28, 1927
- Locality
- In garden at Tioo
- Island
- Raiatea
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Elevation
- 5 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 28, 1927, Moore, J.W. also collected 9 other specimens.
Zingiber officinale observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 204 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-30.
2026-09-30
Magharibi, TZ
(c) jerryzy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Kitulgala, Sri Lanka
(c) Franco Colnago, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-08
San Miguel, El Salvador
(c) Fatima Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-07
Malolo Island, Fiji
(c) misskoto2026, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-22
F9FM+MC, Tanah Rata, 39000 Tanah Rata, Pahang, Malaysia
(c) RBR_Universe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-11
Necoclí, Antioquia, Colombia
(c) Maria eugenia Salgado alvarez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Zingiber officinale. BISH 734782. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956500131. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/734782.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956500131 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026