1558 : Petrus Andreas Matthiolus, Epistola de bulbocastaneo, oloconitide, mamira, traso, moly, doronico, grano zelin, zedoaria, zurumbeto, carpesio et aliis. Pragae (Textus apud Google Books)
1745 : Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 5 p. 148, tab. 64; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 152
"Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm." apud International Plant Names Database (Hortus Kewensis, Herbaria Universitatis Harvardianae, Herbarium Nationale Australianum)