Dancing Girl Ginger
Globba schomburgkii
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Assam, Goa
- Flowering
- July-October
How to identify Dancing Girl Ginger
Identify Dancing Girl Ginger by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-October.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Assam, Goa.
- Confirm it sits within the Zingiberaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dancing Girl Ginger.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Globba schomburgkii
- Genus
- Globba
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Assam, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-October
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Zingiberaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Zingiberaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Dancing Girl Ginger
Dancing Girl Ginger (Globba schomburgkii) is a herb in the Zingiberaceae family. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Assam and Goa. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to October.
Zingiberaceae
Ginger family
Dancing Girl Ginger belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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