Riedelia corallina
(K. Schum.) Valeton
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Description
A ginger family herb. The leaves are 50 cm long. They are thick and glossy and spread out from the base.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in moist forest. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. Melbourne Botanical gardens tropical house.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, Hawaii, Indonesia, Pacific, Papua, Papua New Guinea*, PNG, SE Asia,
Synonyms
Alpinia corallina K. Schum.
Also Known As
Bogolabe
References (4)
- Llamas, K.A., 2003, Tropical Flowering Plants. Timber Press. p 371
- Powell, J.M., Ethnobotany. In Paijmans, K., 1976, New Guinea Vegetation. Australian National University Press. p 111
- Hide, R. L., (Ed.) 1984, Research Report of the Simbu Land Use Project. Vol.V1 South Simbu: Studies in Demography, Nutrition, and Subsistence. p 447
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
