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Tapeinochilos ananassae K.Schum.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Costaceae > Tapeinochilos

Characteristics

Plant to 4 m tall. Leaves subsessile, oblong, oblong-obovate or sometimes lanceolate, glabrous except acuminate tip; ligule truncate; sheath glabrous. Inflorescence pineapple-like, 7-20 cm long, terminal on leaf shoot, or borne on an erect peduncle 0.4-2 m long arising from rhizome; bracts bright red, coriaceous, tips strongly recurved. Flowers barely exceeding bracts. Calyx red. Corolla yellow. Capsule not seen.
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A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It has underground stems. It grows 1.3-2.6 m high. It spreads 0.6-0.9 m wide. The branches are widely spaced in a spiral. The leaves are sword shaped. The flowers are tube shaped. They are orange-yellow. The bracts are pointed and waxy red. They are on a separate leafy stalk.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 0.6 - 0.9
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows well in moist and humid locations. It needs fertile, organically-rich, well-drained soil. It needs bright filtered sunlight. In Cairns Botanical Gardens. It suits hardiness zones 11-12.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses medicinal social use
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from bulbils or seed.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Tapeinochilos ananassae world distribution map, present in Australia and Moldova (Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873025-1
WFO ID wfo-0000568504
COL ID 54RFR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447792
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Synonyms

Costus ananassae Costus pungens Tapeinochilos pungens Tapeinochilos ananassae Tapeinochilos australis Tapeinochilos queenslandiae Tapeinochilos teysmannianus Tapeinochilos pungens var. queenslandiae Tapeinochilos pungens var. teysmannianus
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