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Curcuma rubrobracteata
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae
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Distribution |
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India
, China, Myanmar and Thailand |
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Endemic/Exotic |
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July to
August |
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Key botanical
characters: Rhizome creamy internally.
Leaf lamina elliptic-lanceolate, 35-60 x 10-16
cm, green; petiole 7-25 cm; ligule 2-3 mm long, bilobed. Inflorescence
terminal. Spike c. 10 x 7-9 cm, all bracts bright red to light red,
coma absent. Flowers 6 cm long. Corolla lobes light yellow orange with red
tinge. Lateral staminodes yellow-orange. Labellum yellow-orange with deep
yellow-orange at centre. |
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