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Alpinia nigra
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Family:
ZINGIBERACEAE
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Citation: Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 35: 213. 1977; Sabu, Taxonomic Phylogenetic Stud. Zingiberac. 123. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 445. 1998; Mangaly & Sabu, Rheedea 2: 48. 1992; Sabu, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India 66. 2006.
Zingiber nigrum Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 35, t.12. 1788.
Heritiera allughas Retz., Obs. Bot. 6: 17, t. 1. 1791.
Alpinia allughas (Retz.) Rosc., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 346. 1807; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 253. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1493(1043). 1928.
Hellenia allughas (Retz.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 4. 1797.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malayinjikuva
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English name(s):
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Description:
Leafy stem loosely clumped, 1.5-2 m high; rhizome horizontal to 2 cm thick, dull cream inside. Leaves 30-50 x 10 cm, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sparsely hairy below. Panicle less branched, to 15 cm long, slightly oblique to the stem, densely tomentose; bracts spathaceous. Flowers usually solitary in a bract; bracteoles tubular; calyx 1 cm long, hairy, split on one side; corolla yellowish, lobes 1.5 cm long, oblong, pubescent outside; lip 2.5 cm, obscurely 3-lobed; ovary densely pubescent. Capsule 2 cm across, glabrescent.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1200
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Localities:
Sabarimala
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