Characteristics
A ginger family herb. It grows 30-40 cm high. There are 3-5 leaves. The are oval and long and up to 23 cm long by 8 cm wide. The leaf stalk is smooth and 10 cm long. The flower arrangement is cylindrical and at the end of the shoot. It is 6 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The bracts are like pouches and join together for half their length. They are 3 cm long by 1-1.2 cm wide. Each bract surrounds two flowers. The flowers are 1.5 cm long. The fruit is a capsule which is long and oval.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
0.3 - 0.35
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows in shady deciduous forests.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
Young leaves are served blanched and with chili sauce. The flowers are boiled and eaten with shrimp paste and chili sauce.
| Uses |
-
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| Edible
|
flowers
leaves
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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