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Renealmia aromatica (Aubl.) Griseb.

Species

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Characteristics

Leafy stems 1-2 m. tall; leaves oblong-elliptic, 20-30 cm. long, 3.5-8.0 cm. broad, shortly petiolate to subsessile; inflorescence scapose, arising directly from the rhizome, 4.5-6.0 dm. tall, the lower 2/3 sterile and bearing several leafless sheaths 3-8 cm. long, the flowering portion rather laxly but obviously paniculate, the branches bearing few to several rather small yellow flowers, densely puberulent; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long, membranaceous, deciduous; perianth 0.4-0.6 cm. long; calyx turbinate, 0.3-0.4 cm. long, persistent and accrescent in fruit; ovary narrowly ovoid, 0.2-0.3 cm. long, minutely puberulent; capsules scarlet or deep orange, broadly oblongoid, 0.7-0.8 cm. long.
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A ginger family herb. It grows 2 m tall. The flowers are at the base. The fruit are red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Often abundant in wet mixed forests at elevations up to 1,500 metres in Guatemala. Wet forests, where it sometimes forms small clumps or colonies.
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A tropical plant. It grows in moist forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit is used as flavouring. They are cooked with corn.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Deodorant (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Excrescence (unspecified), Resolvent (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Renealmia aromatica world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0000510282
COL ID 4RRRT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 761744
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Synonyms

Alpinia aromatica Renealmia holdenii Renealmia lehmannii Renealmia occidentalis Alpinia bisulcata Alpinia multicaulis Renealmia lutea Ethanium aromaticum Renealmia aromatica Renealmia pilosa Renealmia domingensis Alpinia occidentalis Renealmia occidentalis var. cylindrica Renealmia occidentalis var. macrocarpa Renealmia occidentalis var. occidentalis
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