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Aframomum subsericeum

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Name

Identification
Aframomum subsericeum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lock, J.M, 1973
Related name
  • Aframomum elegans
  • Amomum subsericeum
  • Aframomum subsericeum
Common name
  • (Owerri) ọkpa (AJC) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • alligator pepper., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Aframomum subsericeum & Hanb.) 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 subsericeum & Hanb.) K. Schum [family ZINGIBERACEAE], . l.c. 217 (1904); Aké Assi, Contrib.2: 16 [226]; Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 36 (1964), and in Fl. Cam. 4: 48 (1965).
Amomum subsericeum Oliv. & Hanb. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in JLinnSoc7: 110 (1864); Baker in Hook., IcPlt2484 (1896); F.T.A7: 307
Amomum glaucophyllum K. Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in Engl., BotJahrb15: 415 (1892); F.T.A7: 306; (type not seen for Ed2)
Aframomum glaucophyllum (K. Schum.) K. Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr4, 46: 216 (1904).
Information
A herb with a creeping rhizome; leaves bluish white beneath; inflorescences very short, in a cluster at the base of the stem or disposed on a creeping shoot, about 2-flowered; bracts closely imbricate, gradually increasing from the base upwards; petaloid staminode reddish or magenta, 21/4 in. diam.; fruits narrowly pear-shaped 3 in. long.
Distribution
Iv. C.: Mamba Forest Mangenot & Aké Assi IA 543.S. Nig.: Calabar Milne.W. Cam.: Mbaw Plain (May) Brunt 464!
Notes
[Plants with felted leaves from Nimba Mt. (Adam 20381, Adames 604) have inflorescences up to about 40 cm. long and pure white flowers; otherwise they are similar to A. subsericeum.]

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