974
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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Endemic
to Peninsular India |
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Distribution in Kerala |
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All
Districts |
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Habitat |
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Moist
areas under the shades of trees at low and high altitudes |
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Key botanical characters: Rhizome puplish inside, fleshy road tubers. 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. Bracteoles smaller than the
bracts, whitish towards the base reddish towards the tips. Calyx tubular, tip
trilobed, memeranous, white. Corolla tube slender, slightly equal to the
bracts, white; lobes three, yellowish; dorsal lobe longer, laterals small. Labellum
shorter than corolla lobes, three lobed, yellow with purple spots. Lateral
staminodes deep yellow with purple red spot. Anther yellow, thecae with
glandular hairs beak like appendage. Fruit trigonous, whitish when young
turning to red at maturity. Seeds dark red, Finely striate, aril white.  |
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