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Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.F.) Roscoe

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Alpinia

Characteristics

Pseudostems ca. 3 m or more. Ligule 2-cleft, to 1 cm, slightly tomentose; petiole ca. 2 cm, grooved; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, to 90 × 15 cm, abaxially pubescent, base acute, apex acuminate. Racemes erect, to 35 cm; rachis stout, densely yellow pubescent; bracteoles white, broadly elliptic, 3.5--4 cm. Pedicel ca. 7 mm, densely yellow pubescent. Calyx campanulate, ca. 1.5 cm, densely sericeous. Corolla white, sericeous; tube ca. 1 cm; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2.5--3 cm. Lateral staminodes absent. Labellum yellow with red stripes, ovate, ca. 3.5 cm, apex emarginate. Stamen ca. 2.4 cm. Ovary villous. Capsule yellow, globose, ca. 2 cm in diam., dehiscing irregularly. Fl. Apr. 2 n = 48*.
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A ginger family herb. The false stem is about 3 m tall. The leaf stalk is 2 cm long. It is grooved. The leaf blade is sword shaped. It is 90 cm long by 15 cm wide. It is hairy underneath. It tapers to the tip. The flower raceme is erect. It is 35 cm long. The fruit is a capsule and is yellow and round. It is 2 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.25 - 3.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in S China. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. In Indonesia it grows up to 1,500 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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Primary forest and shaded rocky outcrops at low and medium altitudes.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The rhizome is occasionally used as a spice. They are dried. The flower buds have a sweet taste.
Uses environmental use essential oil food medicinal spice
Edible flowers fruits rhizomes roots shoots
Therapeutic use Emetics (fruit), Antifungal agents (rhizome), Wounds and injuries (rhizome), Arrow-poison (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Masticatory (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or division of the rhizome.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

Alpinia malaccensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Alpinia malaccensis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:797381-1
WFO ID wfo-0000338600
COL ID C6T3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Alpinia malaccensis Maranta malaccensis Buekia malaccensis Catimbium malaccense Languas malaccensis Costus malaccensis

Lower taxons

Alpinia malaccensis var. malaccensis Alpinia malaccensis var. nobilis
WorldFloraDB 2024