Sundamomum pseudofoetens
(Valeton) A. D. Poulsen & M. F. Newman
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Description
A ginger family herb. It is robust and keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2.5 m tall. There are stout branched underground stems or rhizomes. The leaves are sword shaped and 50-68 cm long by 12-15 cm wide. The fruiting heads are 8 cm across. They are in dense clusters. The fruit are like berries and 2 cm across. The seeds are 6 mm long. They are yellow. The aril or layer around the seed is white.
Edible Uses
The seeds are used as a spice, and the fruit and seeds are edible.
Known Hazards
An unresolved name in The Plant List.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in primary forest up to 1400 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia, SE Asia,
Notes
There are about 150 Amomum species. They are mostly tropical. An unresolved name in The Plant List.
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 pseudofoetens)
- Verheij, E. W. M. and Coronel, R.E., (Eds.), 1991, Plant Resources of South-East Asia. PROSEA No 2. Edible fruits and nuts. Pudoc Wageningen. p 315 (As Amomum pseudofoetens)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
