1095
Globba schomburgkii
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Synonym |
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Globba chinensis K.Schum. |
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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July-October. |
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Distribution |
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India |
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Key
botanical characters: Rhizome
small, 1 x 0.5 cm, conical, light yellowish to grey inside; roots many,
thick, fleshy. Leafy shoots 30-60 cm tall, slender, slightly swollen near the
rhizome; lower vegetative bracts closed towards the base, purple; solitary,
globose bulbils at each node, opposite to the attachment of the leaves. Leaves
shortly petioled; ligule 2 mm long, bipartite, minutely pubescent; lamina
15-20 x 4-5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, tip acuminate, upper face glabrous, lower
surface minutely pubescent. Inflorescence terminal, peduncle slender,
decurved, bearing many slender branches in the axils of primary bracts
towards the apex; branches bearing 4-5 flowers in a cincinnus. Bracts many, lax, spreading, persistent;
lower bracts large, sterile, 1 x 0.8 cm, broadly ovate, each subtending one
or more spherical bulbils. Upper
bracts smaller, fertile, 6 x 6 mm, ovate, light orange, turning to light
green when mature. Flowers 4-5 cm
long, orange.  |
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