Tamijia

Tamijia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:	Tamijioideae
Tribe:	Tamijieae
Genus:	Tamijia ; S.Sakai & Nagam.
Species:	T. flagellaris
Binomial name
	Tamijia flagellaris; S.Sakai & Nagam.

Last updated September 16, 2025

Tamijia flagellaris is the only species within the genus Tamijia. It is part of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family).^[1]

Distribution

It is native to Brunei and Malaysia.^[1]

Habitat and ecology

Typically found in drier soil that most plants in the ginger family. It is most abundant in shaded and closed canopy environments.^[1]

Description

It contains a poorly developed pseudostem and can contain 2 to 7 leaves on each shoot. The leaves are obliquely and narrowly obovate, they are arranged distichously. There are small hairs on the apex and near the midrib on the bottom side of its leaves, other than these small hairs the leaves are glabrous on both sides. The apex of the leaves are acute and the base is attenuate. The petiole can reach 6–17 cm in length and is also glabrous.^[1]

Flowers and fruit

Most commonly it has radial inflorescence, but it also rarely has terminal inflorescence.^[1]

Usage

References

1 2 3 4 5 Sakai, S.; Nagamasu, H. (July 2000). "SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF BORNEAN ZINGIBERACEAE: III. TAMIJIA: A NEW GENUS". Edinburgh Journal of Botany . 57 (2): 245–255. doi: 10.1017/S0960428600000172 . ISSN 1474-0036.

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[Cambridge_Journals-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Sakai, S.; Nagamasu, H. (July 2000). "SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF BORNEAN ZINGIBERACEAE: III. TAMIJIA: A NEW GENUS". Edinburgh Journal of Botany . 57 (2): 245–255. doi: 10.1017/S0960428600000172 . ISSN 1474-0036.

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