Characteristics
A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5-2 m tall. The rhizomes are slender. The leaves are arranged in two upright rows. The leaf stalk is 1 cm long. The leaf blade is sword shaped and 30-50 cm long by 5-6 cm wide. It flowering head is like a cylinder. It is 5-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The fruit stalk is underground and 8 cm long. It is covered with scales 5 cm long. The bracts are narrowly sword shaped. They are 8 cm long by 1 cm wide. The inner bracts are smaller.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
1.5 - 1.75
|
| Root system |
rhizome
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows up to 1,200 m above sea level. It occurs in Java.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
The leaves are used as a flavouring.
| Uses |
food
poison
|
| Edible
|
leaves
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| 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 |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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