Amomum siamense
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Zingiberaceae Edible: Fruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A ginger family herb. It grows 3 m tall. The flowers are white with yellow patches on the lip.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. In Queen Sirikit BG. It grows between 500-1,300 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indochina, SE Asia, Thailand*,
References (2)
- Anderson, E. F., 1993, Plants and people of the Golden Triangle. Dioscorides Press. p 202
- Bussaban, B., et al, 2001, Endophytic fungi from Amomum siamense. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 47, 10 p 943
