Wurfbainia vera (Blackw.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Wurfbainia

Characteristics

A ginger family herb. The leafy shoots can be 3 m tall. It has an underground stem or rhizome. The flowers are small and white in a cluster. The fruit are small and reddish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows below 300 m above sea level.
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Usage

Uses food medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Tumor(Uterus) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Distribution

Wurfbainia vera world distribution map, present in Thailand and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001426473
COL ID 8X9JW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Amomum krervanh Amomum verum Wurfbainia vera