Etlingera calophrys
(K. Schum.) A. D. Poulsen
Zingiberaceae Edible: Fruit, Seeds - spice, Leaf stalk.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Description
A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a rhizome or underground stem. The plant grows 3 m tall.
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Edible Uses
The fruit and leaf stalks are chopped finely and used in pickles and as flavoring. Seeds are used as a spice.
Traditional Uses
The fruit and leaf stalks are chopped fine, used in pickles and used as flavouring.
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Medicinal Uses
No medicinal uses documented in provided data.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountainous areas.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia, SE Asia,
Synonyms
Amomum acre ValetonAmomum calophrys K. Schum.
References (2)
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants. (As Amomum calophrys)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (As Etlingera calophrys)
