Caulokaempferia secunda

Caulokaempferia secunda (Wall.) K.Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 60: 170 1964. (Syn: Costus linearis Spreng.; Costus secundus Spreng.; Kaempferia secunda Wall.; Monolophus secunda Wall.);
 
  
 

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ID please from Karbi-Anglong, Assam.: Please identify this plant.
Plants lithophyte, like Zingiber, small, 10-20cm long, flowering in the month of July.
Photo taken in the month of July- 2011 from Karbi-Anglong, Assam

Please upload a picture with leaf and habit of the plant

From the flowers, I guess this could be a species of Impatiens of Balsaminaceae family

Sir I have no any complete plant photo. Plants growing in shady place at 700-900m msl.

On a close look it doesn’t look like a species of Impatiens

Let us wait for more comments.

You are right. This is Caulokaempferia secunda of Zingiberaceae,

 
Unidentified-TQ-Manipur01 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Interesting wildflower from Ukhrul, Manipur. Ukhrul is at altitude of around 1600 m.
Looking at the leaves in long shots, I thought it belongs to ginger family. The flower closeup looks like a balsam species. I am clueless.
Any leads will be welcome.

This is Caulokaempferia sp.

Caulokaempferia secunda Zingiberaceae

Thanks a lot to …! Indeed it is from ginger family.

 

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