Category: Amomum

Amomum pterocarpum Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 317 (1861) (syn: Amomum microstephanum Baker; Cardamomum pterocarpum (Thwaites) Kuntze); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . 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, […]

Amomum masticatorium Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 317 (1861) (syn: Cardamomum masticatorum (Thwaites) Kuntze) as per CoL; . South India and Sri Lanka as per India Biodiversity Portal; . Rhizome perennial, creeping, 0.5-1 cm thick, covered with ovate, membranous sheaths. Leafy shoot 2-3 m high. Leaves shortly petioled, petiole less than 5 mm long; ligule upto 4.5 […]

  Amomum koenigii ?;   MSJune,2015/04 Zingiberaceae : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Ex-Tleu, Mizoram Date : 25-06-2015 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild To me it is a cultivar of Elettaria cardamomum Found wild in the forest It grows wild in the forest, not cultivated. Pl. check again. It is not E.cardamomum Amomum koenigii J.F.Gmel. ??

Amomum hypoleucum Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 318 1861. (syn: Amomum pauciflorum Baker; Amomum pierardioides Bedd.) as per efi thread (We have merged A. pauciflorum under A. hypoleucum); . S. India, Sri Lanka, Peninsula Malaysia as per POWO (Amomum hypoleucum Thwaites); Assam (Meghalaya) to N. Myanmar as per POWO (Amomum pauciflorum Baker); . MS July, 2018/13 Amomum […]

Amomum koenigii J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. 2: 6 1791. (syn: Amomum corynostachyum Wall.; Cardamomum corynostachyum (Wall.) Kuntze; Cardamomum koenigii (J.F.Gmel.) Kuntze; Meistera amomum Raeusch.; Zingiber corynostachyum (Wall.) Steud.); . Assam to China (Yunnan, Guangxi) and Indo-China as per WCSP; . Fwd: Re: Amomum species from Tripura : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (6) Location Rajnagar, […]

Amomum dampuianum V.P.Thomas, M.Sabu & Lalramngh., Nordic J. Bot. 31: 561 (2013); . Mizoram as per POWO; . MS May, 2016/06 Amomum sp. for ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Dampui, Mizoram Date : 03/05/2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Amomum sp. Check whether the leaves and flowers are […]

Amomum mizoramense M.Sabu, V.P.Thomas & Vanchh., Nordic J. Bot. 31: 565 (2013); . Mizoram as per POWO (Meistera mizoramensis (M.Sabu, V.P.Thomas & Vanchh.) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman); . MS May/2016/01 Amomum sp. for ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location :Dampui, Mizoram Date : 03/05/2016 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild without flowers […]

Amomum maximum Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 344 1810. (syn: Cardamomum maximum (Roxb.) Kuntze); . Trop. & Subtrop. Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Thailand, Tibet (as per POWO); . Amomum maximum/Amomum dealbatum : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) Location […]

Amomum aculeatum Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 344 1810. (syn: Amomum aculeatum var. gymnocarpum Valeton; Amomum aculeatum var. macrocarpum Valeton; Amomum aurantiacum Ridl.; Amomum ciliatum Blume; Amomum flavum Ridl.; Amomum hatuanum Náves; Cardamomum aculeatum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Cardamomum ciliatum (Blume) Kuntze); . Andaman Is. to New Guinea: Andaman Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New […]

Amomum cannicarpum (Wight) Benth. ex Baker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 240 1892. (Syn: Cardamomum cannicarpum (Wight) Kuntze; Elettaria cannicarpa Wight); . SW. India as per POWO (Meistera cannicarpa (Wight) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman); . Common name: Canna-Fruit Cardamom . Leafy stem 2-3 m high, erect, straight, loosely clumped; rootstock horizontal, much branched, reddish outside, light pink inside. […]

Amomum subulatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 43 1820. (Syn: Cardamomum subulatum (Roxb.) Kuntze); . Nepal to Central China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Common name: Black Cardamom, hill cardamom, Bengal cardamom, greater cardamom, Indian cardamom, Nepal cardamom, winged cardamom, brown cardamom • Hindi: बड़ी इलायची Bari […]

Amomum aromaticum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 44 1820. (Syn: Alpinia fasciculata (Roscoe) Steud.; Amomum fasciculatum (Roscoe) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.; Cardamomum aromaticum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Geocallis fasciculata (Roscoe) Horan.; Renealmia fasciculata Roscoe); . Nepal to Bangladesh: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal as per POWO (Wurfbainia aromatica (Roxb.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen); .    Zingiberaceae Family for […]

Amomum sahyadricum V. P. Thomas & M. Sabu,  2013; . SW. India as per POWO; . Fwd: New species published : 2 posts by 2 authors. Please find the attchment (i1055-3177-22-3-321.pdf) Amomum sahyadricum (Zingiberaceae), a New Species from the Western Ghats, India Congrats, Dr. Sabu, Dr. Prabhu Kumar & Dr. V.P. Thomas.   . References: […]

Amomum nilgiricum Thomas VP, Sabu M, Prabhu Kumar KM (2012); . India (Kerala) as per POWO (Meistera nilgirica (V.P.Thomas & M.Sabu) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman); . A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest of Western Ghats of South India: A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest of Western Ghats of South India […]