1061
Amomum nilgiricum
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Family |
:` |
Zingiberaceae |
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Flowering
and fruiting period |
: |
March
to November |
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Distribution |
: |
India
(Western Ghats) |
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Endemic/Exotic |
|
Endemic |
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Key botanical characters:
Rhizome
non-stoloniferous. Leafy shoots 2−4 m tall. Leaves petiolate; lamina 32−41 ×
6.5−8 cm, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate apex acuminate to 3
cm long, puberulous to glabrous and green on upper surface, tomentose and
pale beneath; ligule entire, lanceolate, 4.5−9 cm long, chartaceous. Infl
orescence 7−15 cm long. Bract 3−4.7 × 1.6−2.1 cm, oblong, coriaceous, red,
margin ciliate, apex slightly emarginate, pubescent externally, glabrous
internally. Flower 4.7−5.2 cm long, yellow. Capsule globose, 2−3 × 2−3 cm,
red, echinate, spines stout, pubescent externally.  |
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