1132
Zingiber nimmonii
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Synonym |
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Alpinia nimmonii J.Graham |
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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June-October |
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Distribution |
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India |
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Endemic/Exotic |
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Endemic
to Peninsular India |
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Key botanical
characters: Rhizome purplish lilac inside. Leafy shoots erect fleshy clothed by
greenish or reddish bracts. Leaves sessile, shortly petiolte; ligule 5 mm
long, bifid lobes rounded, green to hyaline; Lamina oblong lanceolate tip
acuminate upper surface dark green, glabrous, lower surface pubescent.
Inflorescence produced directly from the rhizome, peduncle short or absent,
reddish-green, sheaths, coriaceous spikes ovate or subglobose. Bracts
numerous, reddish green. Flowers yellow with purple spots. Fruit trigonous,
whitish when young turning to red at maturity. Seeds dark red, Finely
striate, aril white.  |
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