17-660: (Redirected from Krahay ) Legendary Chukchi chief This article is about the legendary chief. For the Thai spice (fingerroot), see Boesenbergia rotunda . A legend prevalent among the Chukchi people of Siberia tells of a chief Krachai (or Krächoj, Krahay, Khrakhai), who fled with his people (the Krachaians or Krahays, also identified as the Onkilon or Omoki-- Siberian Yupik people ) across
34-452: A rhizome ( / ˈ r aɪ z oʊ m / RY -zohm ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes . Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks . Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards. A rhizome is the main stem of the plant that runs typically underground and horizontally to
51-402: A rhizome. This spreads into many bunches in the same way as banana, ginger, galangal and turmeric . These structures accumulate nutrients and the middle part is more swollen than the head and bottom part. The inner part has a range of colours and aromas depending on the variety of fingerroot. The above-ground part is composed of a leaf stalk that has a sheath covering it. The leaf sheaths are red,
68-568: A time. Fingerroot is known as temu kunci in Indonesian . It is widely used in Javanese cuisine in Indonesia . In addition to its culinary uses, it is also specifically used as a spice, or as flavoring agents, dyes, or also traditional medicine. After its discovery, B. rotunda has been used as research material in rat studies and microbiological studies. In Thai cooking , fingerroot
85-518: A traditional Indonesian food. Its roots and rhizomes are cultivated in Indonesia, Indochina, and India in small homes and is also popularly used in flavorful curry dishes. Fingerroot is also incorporated into tonic mixtures such as the famous Indonesian tonic jamu . It is sometimes confused with Alpinia officinarum , another plant in the family Zingiberaceae which is also known as lesser galangal. Rhizome In botany and dendrology ,
102-441: Is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia . In English, the root has traditionally been called fingerroot, because the shape of the rhizome resembles that of fingers growing out of a center piece. Fingerroot is a kind of ginger ( Zingiberaceae ). It is an annual crop and indigenous to southern Yunnan Province , China, to west Malaysia , growing in tropical rain forest. It has an underground stem , known as
119-458: Is called krachai ( Thai : กระชาย ; pronounced [krà.tɕʰāːj] ) and is an ingredient in dishes such as kaeng tai pla . It is used in some kroeung pastes of Cambodian cuisine and is known as k'cheay ( Khmer : ខ្ជាយ ). In the west it is usually found pickled or frozen. The rhizomes are commonly used as vegetables in main dishes or eaten raw when young. It is also used to help make fermented soya bean cake, also called tempeh ,
136-604: The Vega round Asia and Europe: with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the old world . trans. by Alexander Leslie. London: Macmillan. pp. 443 –448. ^ Rink, Signe (1905). "A Comparative Study of Two Indian and Eskimo Legends" . Proceedings of the International Congress of Americanists : 280. ^ Krauss, Michael E. (2005) Eskimo languages in Asia, 1791 on, and
153-921: The Wrangel Island-Point Hope connection Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 29 (1-2), 2005, pp 163-185. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Krachai&oldid=1257163657 " Categories : History of Siberia Prehistory of the Arctic Circumpolar mythology Siberian shamanism Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Boesenbergia rotunda Boesenbergia rotunda ( Thai : กระชาย , romanized : krachai , Khmer : ខ្ជាយ , romanized : k'jeay , Indonesian : temu kunci , Burmese : ဆိတ္ဖူး , romanized : Hsei' Hpu ), commonly known as Chinese keys , fingerroot , lesser galangal or Chinese ginger ,
170-409: The blades are oval in shape and the apex of leaves are sharp. Chinese ginger is a herbaceous plant with a height of 61–91 centimetres (2–3 ft). The leaf is about 50 cm (20 in) long and 12 cm (4.7 in) wide. The middle of the petioles are deeply grooved. The flower appears between the leaf sheaths at the bottom of the trunk. The petals are white or light pink. Flowers bloom one at
187-492: The ends, they are often also called runners such as in the strawberry plant. A stem tuber is a thickened part of a rhizome or stolon that has been enlarged for use as a storage organ . In general, a tuber is high in starch , e.g. the potato , which is a modified stolon. The term "tuber" is often used imprecisely and is sometimes applied to plants with rhizomes. The plant uses the rhizome to store starches , proteins , and other nutrients. These nutrients become useful for
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#1732793617539204-445: The growth of rhizomes, specifically in rhubarb . Ethylene that was applied externally was found to affect internal ethylene levels, allowing easy manipulations of ethylene concentrations. Knowledge of how to use these hormones to induce rhizome growth could help farmers and biologists to produce plants grown from rhizomes, and more easily cultivate and grow better plants. Some plants have rhizomes that grow above ground or that lie at
221-496: The ice to settle in a northern land. Though the story may be mythical, the existence of an island or continent to the north was lent credence to by the annual migration of reindeer across the ice. As well as the appearance of slate spear-points washed up on Arctic shores, made in a fashion unknown to the Chukchi. Linguist Michael E. Krauss has recently presented archaeological, historical, and linguistic evidence that Wrangel Island
238-469: The plant when new shoots must be formed or when the plant dies back for the winter. If a rhizome is separated, each piece may be able to give rise to a new plant. This is a process known as vegetative reproduction and is used by farmers and gardeners to propagate certain plants. This also allows for lateral spread of grasses like bamboo and bunch grasses . Examples of plants that are propagated this way include hops , asparagus , ginger , irises, lily of
255-445: The soil surface. Rhizomes have nodes and internodes and auxiliary buds. Roots do not have nodes and internodes and have a root cap terminating their ends. In general, rhizomes have short internodes, send out roots from the bottom of the nodes, and generate new upward-growing shoots from the top of the nodes. A stolon is similar to a rhizome, but stolon sprouts from an existing stem having long internodes and generating new shoots at
272-475: The valley , cannas , and sympodial orchids . Stored rhizomes are subject to bacterial and fungal infections , making them unsuitable for replanting and greatly diminishing stocks. However, rhizomes can also be produced artificially from tissue cultures . The ability to easily grow rhizomes from tissue cultures leads to better stocks for replanting and greater yields. The plant hormones ethylene and jasmonic acid have been found to help induce and regulate
289-539: Was a way station on a trade route linking the Inuit settlement at Point Hope, Alaska with the north Siberian coast, and that the coast may have been colonized in late prehistoric and early historic times by Inuit settlers from North America. Krauss suggests that the departure of these colonists was related to the Krachai legend. References [ edit ] ^ Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik (1881). The voyage of
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