Description of the plant
A perennial harb with a thick, ellipsoid-ovate rhizome, orange inside, giving rise to shot blunt daughter rhizomes called fingers, leafy shoots to 1 m tall bearing 6 to 10
Leaves: simple, glabrous; lamina, alliptic, oblong-elliptic or lanceolate; 30 to 45 cm long and 10 to 15 cm wide; base narrow, apex acuminate; petiole as long as lamina (rather abruptly broadened to leaf sheath, forming a pseudostem)