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Alpinia luteocarpa
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae |
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Local name |
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Eng.:
Red Bamboo Ginger or Bamboo ginger |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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May- August |
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Distribution |
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Native of Thailand |
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Endemic/Exotic |
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Exotic |
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Uses |
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Ornamental |
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Key botanical characters: Rhizome
0.8-1.2 cm thick, creamy white, covered with pink sheaths. Leafy shoots
118-120 cm high, erect. Leaves 32-37 in number, 2.2-4 cm apart, sessile;
ligule entire, ovate, light green, pubescent externally; lamina lanceolate,
dark green above, purple below, glabrous on either sides. Inflorescence
terminal, erect, racemose; peduncle 1.2-1.4 cm long, green. Bract single,
dark red, tubular, membraneous, pubescent externally, glabrous internally cincinnus
1-flowered. Flowers 2.9-3.4 cm long, white, erect, one opens at a time.
Labellum 3.5-4 x c. 3.5 mm, subulate, highly reduced, creamy white,
pubescent, densely pubescent at base, fleshy. |
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