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Curcuma parviflora
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Synonym |
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Hitcheniopsis parviflora |
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Local name |
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Pineapple lily
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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June to October |
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Distribution |
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Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia |
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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: Leafy shoot cylindric, 10-30 cm tall. Lamina ovate-oblong with pointed
apex, 4-12 cm wide, green, glabrous. Inflorescence 7-25 cm long pedunculate,
terminal, erect, cylindrical formed by green imbricate ovate bracts. Corolla
lobes white, labellum oblong-ovate, violet, margins fringed. |
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