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 Alpinia rugosa S.J. Chen & Z.Y. Chen

Family	:	Zingiberaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	March to June
Distribution	:	China
Endemic/Exotic	:	Exotic
Uses	:	Ornamental
Key botanical characters: Pseudostems 0.5–1.2 m. Ligules coriaceous, blades, with a cordate base, bifid ligules, and erect bilobed, ca. 1 cm long, hirsute. Leaves petiolate; Lamina oblong, 23–57 3 5–8 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely pubescent, extremely rugose, base deeply cordate to overlapping. Inflorescence 7–10 x 9–26 cm, densely flowered, with 9 to 20 flowers entire inflorescence slightly elongate in fruit, dense yellow pubescence; bracts brown, 5–11 x 2 cm. Corolla tubular, white, pubescent; labellum orange, tinged with red, ovate, ca. 2.7–3.6 x 2.5–3.6 cm. Capsule ellipsoid, pubescent.