Amomum pterocarpum Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 317 (1861) (syn: Amomum microstephanum Baker; Cardamomum pterocarpum (Thwaites) Kuntze);
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S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO;
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Common name: Winged-Fruit Ginger • Malayalam: Perelam
Stem to 2 m high, clumped, erect; rhizome to 4 cm thick, old ones blue inside. Leaves to 50 x 12 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at either ends, glabrous, usually clustered towards the apex; petiole 3 cm long; ligule 3 mm long, whitish. Spikes 5-15 cm long, 3-4 together, bracts 6-7 x 4 cm, broadly elliptic, obtuse, pale pink. Flowers solitary in a bract; lip 4 x 3 cm, obovate, white with yellow centre. Capsule 3 cm long, glabrous; wings 3-8 mm broad, entire.
Flowering and fruiting: May-October
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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333 ID wild ginger Amomum: 12 high res. images.
Please ID wild ginger,
Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 05.04.2022, 01.10pm
Habitat: wild, moisture, shady, roadside
Plant habit: ginger, erect, obliquely, young shoots, pseudostem 04cm base diameter, rhizomes, perennial
Height: 02.5 meters
Leaves: alternate, lengthy, acute, glossy, size up to:35×5 inches
Flower: terrestrial racemose clustered, diameter:20mm, white, fragrant
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
Amomum pterocarpum Thwaites !
Yes, it is Amomum pterocarpum, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,
Yes, it appears close to images of Amomum pterocarpum as per POWO.
Found these flowers on the way to Cherapunjee from Shillong. There were no leaves.
Mar-2016, located in a pot, where other garden flowers were growing. Height approx 5000′.
Identification is requested
This is Amomum species.
Perhaps Amomum subulatum
I think it does not match with images of Amomum subulatum here
These could be flowers of Badi Elaichi, Black Cardamom (Amomum subulatum)
http://www.ganeshvilla.com/gingers/ammomum_subulatum.htm
or maybe another species of Amomum
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life Flora of peninsular India Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora (Flora of British India) Biotik Kerala plants Wikimedia Commons gingersofindia
