Alpinia rafflesianum Wallich
Family
Zingiberaceae
Synonyms
Languas rafflesiana (Wallich) Burkill.
Vernacular Names
| Malaysia | Puar mengkang, tepus kijai. |
Geographical Distributions
Alpinia rafflesianum is found in Malaysia.
Description
A. rafflesianum is a slender herb that can grow measures up to 1-1.2 m tall.
The leaves are lance-shaped, up to measuring 30 cm x 7.5 cm and pubescent. The panicle is short, compact, measures 5-10 cm long and with measures about 7.5 cm in diametre.
The sepal is cup-shaped, 1.2 cm long and red while the petal tube is nearly twice the sepal. The lobes are orange, red-tipped, up to 3 cm long, broadly ovate labellum, orange, darker veined, with 2 staminodes, short and with purple apex.
The capsule is spherical in shape, measures about 1 cm in diametre, hairy and green.
Ecology / Cultivation
A. rafflesianum is rather common in secondary forest from sea-level up to 1200 m altitude.
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References
- Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12 (2): Medicinal and poisonous plants.
