Zingiber truncatum S. Q. Tong, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 147. 1987, not Stokes (1812, nom. illeg., included Amomum zedoaria Christmann).

Pseudostems 1--1.5 m, base with purple sheaths. Leaves sessile; ligule 1--1.2 cm, densely white pubescent, apex truncate; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, 30--40 × 4.5--6 cm, adaxially glabrous except densely white pubescent at base of midvein, abaxially white pubescent, base cuneate, apex acuminate or caudate. Inflorescences arising from rhizomes, oblong or narrowly ellipsoid, 10--13 × 3--3.5 cm; peduncle erect, 6--13 cm; bracts red, ovate or broadly so, 3--4 × 2.5--3.5 cm, densely white pubescent; bracteoles white with red apex, tubular, ca. 3.5 cm. Flowers white. Calyx ca. 1.5 cm, apex truncate. Corolla tube ca. 5 cm, apex slightly yellowish; central lobe narrowly lanceolate, ca. 3 × 1 cm; lateral lobes ca. 7 mm wide. Labellum ovate, ca. 3 × 2.5 cm; central lobe ligulelike, apex emarginate; lateral lobes inconspicuous, ca. 3 mm. Anther sessile, ca. 1.5 cm; connective appendage ca. 5 mm. Ovary green, sparsely white pubescent. Fl. Aug.

* Moist places in forests; ca. 800 m. S and W Yunnan.