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Aframomum elliotii

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Name

Identification
Aframomum elliotii K.Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Entry for Aframomum elliotii (Bak.) K. Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Aframomum elliotii (Bak.) K. Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], l.c. 209 (1904); Chev. Bot. 625; Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 16 [225].
Amomum elliotii Bak. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in F.T.A7: 309 (1898).
Information
A herb in shady woods; inflorescences from the base of the stem, stout, about 1 ft. long, with a cluster of vanilla-scented flowers at the top; bracts on the peduncle about 2 in. long; petaloid staminode white, yellowish in the throat, fruits red and shining; in swamp forest, brackish lagoon bank, or wet grassland.
Habitat
; in swamp forest, brackish lagoon bank, or wet grassland.
Distribution
Sen.: Perrottet! Yambalba, Cape Verde (May) Leprieur!Guin.: Erimakuna (= Hérémakuna) (fr. Mar. Sc.S. L.: Njala (fr. Apr.) Deighton 4290!Lib.: Monserrado Co.: Marshall (fr. Feb.) Baldwin 11048! Bushrod I. (Feb.) Baldwin 11064!Iv. C.: Tabou to Bériby (fl. & fr. Aug.) Chev. 19954! Port Bouét (Feb.) Leeuwenberg 2711! Abouabou Forest (fr. Jan.) Leeuwenberg 2371!Ghana: Essiama (fl. & fr. Feb.) Irvine 2329! Morton A1642!
Notes
[The Liberian specimens cited have only the midrib pubescent, but the long peduncle distinguishes them from A. baumannii.]

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