Hitchenia

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Hitchenia

Scientific 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

Wall.

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]

* Hitchenia careyana Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker = Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood
* Hitchenia caulina (J.Graham) Baker = Curcuma caulina J.Graham
* Hitchenia musacea Baker = Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum.
* Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f. = Curcuma roscoeana Wall.

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ↑ "ဆေးဖက်ဝင်တဲ့ မာလာဖူး ရဲ့ အကျိုးအာနိသင်" (in my). https://www.mdn.gov.mm/my/chephkwngttai-maalaaphuu-rai-akiuaaanisng.

## External links

* Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, Hitchenia glauca 'Rangoon Beauty' photo

Wikidata ☰ Q3015175 entry

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