Wurfbainia blumeana
(Valeton) Skornick. & A. D. Poulsen
Ketembang sekala
Zingiberaceae Edible: Seeds, Spice, Fruit
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A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2 m tall. The stems are robust and leafy. The leaves and sword shaped and 24-35 cm long by 2.5-5.5 cm wide. The fruit is like a berry. It is round and 1.5 cm across. It is red and hairy. It has soft prickles 2-3 mm long over its surface. The seeds have ribs.
Edible Uses
The acidic fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are acid and are eaten raw.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in the forest up to 650 m altitude. It grows in Java.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia*, SE Asia,
Notes
There are about 150 Amomum species. They are mostly tropical.
Synonyms
Amomum blumeanum Valeton
References (3)
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 133 (As Amomum blumeanum)
- Verheij, E. W. M. and Coronel, R.E., (Eds.), 1991, Plant Resources of South-East Asia. PROSEA No 2. Edible fruits and nuts. Pudoc Wangeingen. p 313 (As Amomum blumeanum)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
