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Alpinia zerumbet
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Family:
ZINGIBERACEAE
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Citation: Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) Burtt & R.M. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 3:204.1972; Sabu, Taxonomic Phylogenetic Stud. Zingiberac. 129. 1991; Mangaly & Sabu, Rheedea 2:51.1992; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 685. 2009; Sabu, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India 73. 2006.
Costus zerumbet Pers., Syn. 1: 3. 1805.
Alpinia speciosa (Wendl.) Schum., Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 3: 1108. 1903.
Catimbium speciosum (Wendl.) Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 13: 152. 1950.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Light Galangal, Pink Porcelain Lily, Shell Ginger, Shell Flower, Shell Plant,
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Description:
Leafy shoots to 2 m. Leaves distichous, blades lanceolate, to 50 x 8 cm, base cuneate, apex acute, margin pubescent; sheath tubular below, imbricating; ligule to 1 cm, rigid, hairy. Inflorescence unbranched, drooping, to 20 cm, axis stout, densely pubescent, bearing c. 20 cincinni of 2 flowers each. Bracts 0; pedicel 0.5 cm; bracteoles to 2.8 cm, white, open to base. Calyx 2 cm, glabrous, 3-lobed. Corolla tube shorter than calyx, side-lobes white, 2.8 x 1 cm, dorsal one broader, lip 3.6 x 2 m, crimson with yellow margins and base. Stamen 1; filament short; anther included; staminodes 0.8 cm. Ovary 3-celled; ovules numerous, on axile placentae; epigynous glands 5. Capsule subglobose, 3 x 2.5 cm; seeds numerous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-October
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Malappuram, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown in gardens
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Distribution:
Native of North East India, Myanmar and Indonesia
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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):
Orange, Yellow, Pink, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
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