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Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.)
Roscoe
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Synonym |
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Maranta malaccensis Burm.f. |
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae |
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Flowering and
fruiting period |
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April – December |
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Distribution |
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India
(throughout S. India), Malesia, Java, Sri Lanka and Indo-China. |
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Key botanical characters: Leafy
stem robust, up to 3 m tall. Leaves bifarious, long petiolated; lamina 50-60
x 6-7 cm, lanceolate-acuminate, pubescent or not, margins wavy, fringed with
sparce, short, brown hairs; ligule 0.5-1 cm long, ovate, entire, coriaceous,
hairy; sheaths pubescent, more densely near the blade. Inflorescence
terminal, erect or slightly curved, main axis densely pubescent. Bracts
absent. Cincinni of 1-2 flowers. Pedicel pubescent. Bracteoles white, open to
the base. Labellum yellow, striped scarlet, 3-4 cm long, 3 cm across at
widest part, sides incurved, narrowed to an emarginate apex, with 2
papillose, fleshy swellings at the base. Lateral staminodes subulate, 5 mm
long. Capsule turning red at maturity, globose.  |
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