WorldFloraDB - Boesenbergia

Characteristics

Rhizomes tuberous or elongate. Leaves basal or cauline, petiolate; ligule 2-lobed; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate. Inflorescences terminal on pseudostems or on separate shoots arising from rhizomes; bracts 2-ranked, apical one developing first, each subtending 1 bracteole and 1 flower. Calyx tubular. Corolla tube exserted from calyx, slender; lobes subequal. Lateral staminodes petaloid, usually wider than corolla lobes. Labellum obovate or broadly oblong, larger than corolla lobes and lateral staminodes, strongly concave, base narrow, grooved, margin crisped, apex entire or 2-cleft. Filament erect; anther locules parallel, dehiscing by slits or apical pores, base without spur; connective with or without appendage. Ovary 3-loculed or incompletely so; placentation basal or axile. Capsule oblong, 3-valved. Seeds black; aril laciniate.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	-
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	-
Root system	rhizome
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	-
WFO ID	wfo-4000004878
COL ID	8VVMD
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	853559
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Banglium Boesenbergia Haplochorema

Lower taxons

Boesenbergia albomaculata Boesenbergia angustifolia Boesenbergia armeniaca Boesenbergia basispicata Boesenbergia belalongensis Boesenbergia bruneiana Boesenbergia cordata Boesenbergia flavoalba Boesenbergia grandifolia Boesenbergia loerzingii Boesenbergia longipetiolata Boesenbergia minor Boesenbergia oligosperma Boesenbergia ornata Boesenbergia plicata Boesenbergia prainiana Boesenbergia rotunda Boesenbergia trangensis Boesenbergia hosensis Boesenbergia jangarunii Boesenbergia hutchinsonii Boesenbergia kerbyi Boesenbergia longiflora Boesenbergia petiolata Boesenbergia pulcherrima Boesenbergia striata Boesenbergia vittata Boesenbergia tillandsioides Boesenbergia regalis Boesenbergia albolutens Boesenbergia aurantiaca Boesenbergia imbakensis Boesenbergia laevivaginata Boesenbergia islamii Boesenbergia flabellata Boesenbergia ischnosiphon Boesenbergia lambirensis Boesenbergia lysichitoides Boesenbergia kenali Boesenbergia subulata Boesenbergia latongensis Boesenbergia purpureorubra Boesenbergia meghalayensis Boesenbergia burttii Boesenbergia laotica Boesenbergia alba Boesenbergia atropurpurea Boesenbergia quangngaiensis Boesenbergia kerrii Boesenbergia decus-sylvae Boesenbergia extensa Boesenbergia magna Boesenbergia pauciflora Boesenbergia latilabrum Boesenbergia rubrolutea Boesenbergia collinsii Boesenbergia maxwellii Boesenbergia kingii Boesenbergia hamiltonii Boesenbergia albosanguinea Boesenbergia burttiana Boesenbergia curtisii Boesenbergia macropoda Boesenbergia orbiculata Boesenbergia parva Boesenbergia clivalis Boesenbergia flava Boesenbergia pulchella Boesenbergia roseopunctata Boesenbergia siamensis Boesenbergia thorelii Boesenbergia tiliifolia Boesenbergia xiphostachya Boesenbergia siphonantha Boesenbergia ochroleuca Boesenbergia parvula Boesenbergia apiculata Boesenbergia hirta Boesenbergia longipes Boesenbergia flavorubra Boesenbergia grandis Boesenbergia stenophylla Boesenbergia tenuispicata Boesenbergia urceoligena Boesenbergia variegata

Boesenbergia Kuntze

Boesenbergia (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae