Aframomum daniellii (Hook.F.) K.Schum.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Aframomum

Characteristics

A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has rhizomes or stems under the ground. It grows to 3-4 m high. The flowers are clustered at the base. They are on short stalks. The flowers are red and yellow. The fruit are green or red when ripe. They are spindle shaped.
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Flowers clustered at the base or on short peduncles, decorative with waxy red perianth and yellowish labellum
A tall herb in moist shady places
Fruits red, in erect bunches.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 4.0
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in seasonally flooded fields. It grows in moist shady places.
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Not known
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw. The seeds are also eaten raw.
Uses animal food environmental use food gene source material medicinal
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Aframomum daniellii world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda

Conservation status

Aframomum daniellii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000338059
COL ID 65DJT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aframomum hanburyi Amomum daniellii Amomum erythrocarpum Cardamomum daniellii Aframomum flavum Aframomum daniellii Amomum angustifolium Amomum clusii