Pokok kecil dan rendah, 10 cm tinggi. Merebak secara mendatar. Bunganya buka pada awal pagi, hanya bagi beberapa jam, dan akan layu pada lewat pagi. Akannya raizom dan harum. Daun dan raizomnya boleh di makan dan digunakan sebagai rempah dan ubatan. Berasal daripada India.
Small low plant, 10 cm high. Spreads horizontally. Flowers opens in the early morning and only lasts a few hours, closes by late morning. Aromatic rhizomes. The leaves and the rhizomes are edible and are used as a spice and for its medicinal value. Native of India.
Buku (Books)
1. Malayan Wild Flowers - Monocotyledon; M.R. Henderson; (1954);
Caxton Press Ltd.; Malaya. - mukasurat (page) 144
2. Tropica; Alfred Byrd Graf; (1978, 1981); Roehrs Company; USA.
- mukasurat (page) 1026, 924
3. Tropical Herbs & Spices of Malaysia & Singapore; Wendy Hutton;
(1997); Peripals; Singapore. - mukasurat (page) 37
Pertanyaan 
(Inquiries)
Ooi Chooi Seng P.P.N.,
259 Jalan 17/8,
46400 Petaling Jaya
