Characteristics
A tall ginger family herb. It grows 1.5-3 m high. The rhizome or underground stem is long and branched. It is 1 cm thick. The false stem has 40-45 leaves on each. The leaves are narrow and sword shaped. They are 15-50 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. They are shiny green above and light green underneath. They end in a long sharp point. The flower spikes are near the ground. They are on stalks 5-10 cm long with 1-3 flower bundles on each. 6-10 flowers open at once. The bracts are pinkish brown. The fruit are round to oval and 1-2 cm long by up to 1.5 cm wide. They are greenish red with prickles. The seeds are round and 3 mm across. There are 10-25 in each section. They are black.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
-
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
2.0 - 2.75
|
| Root system |
rhizome
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| 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 lowland rainforest and up to 1,000 m altitude. It grows along streams. In Queen Sirikit BG.
| 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
The shoots are boiled and eaten as a vegetable. The rhizome is used as a spice in curry. The ripe fruit are eaten.
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| 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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