{"id":1360816,"date":"2014-09-01T11:46:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T11:46:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:51:08","slug":"boesenbergia-tiliifolia","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/boesenbergia-tiliifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Boesenbergia tiliifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boesenbergia<\/i> tiliifolia<\/i> (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 1891<\/i>. (syn: Gastrochilus<\/i> tiliifolius<\/i> Baker<\/span><\/a>; Kaempferia<\/i> tiliifolia<\/i> (Baker) Gagnep.<\/span><\/a>);
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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Boesenbergia tiliifolia<\/a> : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
\n<\/span>Please find the photo of another wild <\/span>Boesenbergia, B. tiliifolia<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ANJUL05\/05 Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wal.) Kuntze (Please validate)<\/a> :\u00a08 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)<\/span><\/div>\n
Family: Zingiberaceae<\/i>
\nDate: 12th July 2015
\nPlace: Hebri, Karnataka<\/span>
\nHabit: Herb
\nHabitat: Semi-evergreen forest<\/span><\/div>\n
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It is Boesenbergia tiliifolia<\/i>. See our recent paper on this issue. B. pulcherrima<\/i> is present only in NE India.
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ANSEPT33\/33 Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze (Please validate)<\/a> : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4).<\/span><\/div>\n
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Family: Zingiberaceae<\/i>
\nDate: 13th September 2015
\nPlace: Thattekadu Bird Sanctuary,<\/span> Ernakulam District, Kerala<\/span>
\nHabit: Herb
\nHabitat: Semi-evergreen forest<\/span><\/div>\n
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I would like to see a picture of this plant fully excavated (very carefully) to see the subterranean architecture if you get the chance.<\/p>\n

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Thank you very much sir. I did not do it for this plant unfortunately! I will update in this thread when I see the plant again. I will post more photos as well.<\/div>\n
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Boesenbergia pulcherrima<\/a>:
\nBoesenbergia pulcherrima<\/i> (Wall.) Kuntze of Zingiberaceae<\/i> (Ginger) family. This is a small annual herb growing in the floor of evergreen and semi evergreen forests<\/span>.
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It should be Boesenbergia tiliifolia<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>as … has stated in the following thread that B. pulcherrima<\/i> is present only in NE India:<\/span><\/div>\n
ANJUL05\/05 Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wal.) Kuntze (Please validate)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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\nID for Ginger spp<\/a> : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
\n<\/span>Plz help me to ID for this <\/span>Ginger<\/i> spp,<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Boesenbergia pulcherrima<\/i><\/p>\n

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It should be Boesenbergia tiliifolia<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>as Sabu ji has stated in the following thread that B. pulcherrima<\/i> is present only in NE India:
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166-TSP-ID-05FEB2018-3: A herb @ ID assistance.<\/a> : 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Kindly examine and identify this plant<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Habit: Herb<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Habitat: Wild,Evergreen forest<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sighting: Agumbe,Karnataka,about 1000 msl<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Date: 05-08-2016<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It looks like\u00a0Boesenbergia pulcherrima<\/i> (Wall.) Kuntze of Zinziberaceae<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Boesenbergia pulcherrima<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It should be Boesenbergia tiliifolia<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>as Sabu ji has stated in the following thread that B. pulcherrima<\/i> is present only in NE India:<\/span><\/div>\n
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I cross checked eflora karnataka for an answer, I found it closer, hence identified as B.pulcherrima<\/i><\/div>\n
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Earlier it was misidentified as B. pulcherrima<\/i> but now it is confirmed that it is restricted to NE India<\/span> and South Indian specimens are B. tilifolia<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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124 ID wild plant<\/a>: 15 images.<\/p>\n

Please confirm the ID of wild plant,
\nLocation: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
\n<\/span>Altitude: 1400fsl
\n<\/span><\/span>Flower date: 29.07.2021, 01.30pm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Habitat: wild, moisture, nearby stream, filtered sunlight
\n<\/span>Plant habit: small shrub, erect\/obliquely, slender weak fleshy purple\/green stem, rhizome, good aromatic fragrance and taste, annual<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>Height: 20cm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Leaves: alternate, ovate, apex, aromatic taste and smell, size:20\u00d712cm or less
\n<\/span>Flower: diameter:13mm, white with purple design, mild fragrance<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s<\/span><\/div>\n
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Please confirm it is\u00a0Boesenbergia<\/i>\u00a0tiliifolia<\/i>
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\nSeed: ovate lengthy, brown, single, size: 13\u00d73mm, edible aromatic taste<\/span><\/p>\n

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Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 1891. (syn: Gastrochilus tiliifolius Baker; Kaempferia tiliifolia (Baker) Gagnep.); . SW. India, Assam as per POWO; . Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Boesenbergia tiliifolia : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Please find the photo of another wild Boesenbergia,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5160],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1360816","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-boesenbergia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1360816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1360816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1360816"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1360816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Fwd: B. tiliifolia<\/a> :\u00a01 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)<\/span>– Review of Boesenbergia from India<\/i>.pdf
\nI can confirm that your four photos from Kerala are <\/span>Boesenbergia tiliifolia.
\n<\/i>Nice photos. Any more of this species?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n