Gingers Species Diversity and Distribution along a Natural Trail of Lojing Highlands, Kelantan

Abstract

The ginger flora at Lojing Highlands, Kelantan is understudied and poorly recorded. A study was done in this tourist frequented area to determine the diversity of Zingiberaceae. Ginger samples were collected along the natural trail of Lojing Highlands. A total of 18 species from 7 genera of gingers were recorded in Lojing Highlands, Kelantan, namely Alpinia (3 species), Wurfbainia (1 species), Etlingera (6 species), Hornstedtia (1 species), Geostachys (1 species), Globba (4 species), Zingiber (2 species). Raising plantation crops and anthropogenic pressures around this highland could affect the diversity and abundance of the wild gingers population.