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Aframomum sulcatum

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Name

Identification
Aframomum sulcatum (Oliv. & Hanb.) K.Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Aframomum hanburyi sensu Koechlin [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hall, 1974
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  • Aframomum hanburyi
  • Aframomum sulcatum

Flora

Entry for Aframomum sulcatum (Oliv. & 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 sulcatum (Oliv. & Hanb.) K. Schum [family ZINGIBERACEAE], . l.c. 205, fig. 26 A-D (1904); Chev. Bot. 626.
Amomum sulcatum Oliv. & Hanb. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in F.T.A7: 304 (1898).
Information
Slender creeping rhizome, leafy stems up to 13 ft. high, tinged red together with midrib; flowers pale mauve or orange-yellow; fruits deeply sulcate, seeds (as in other species) like grape stones and very shiny; in forest and derived farmland.
Habitat
; in forest and derived farmland.
Distribution
Guin.: N'Zo (fr. Mar.) Chev. 21043!S. L.: Musaia (fr. Dec.) Deighton 4528! Njala (Apr.) Deighton 4288!Lib.: Cape Palmas (Sept.) Hoffman 14! Gibson! Bilimu Mt. (Dec.) Harley 1553a! Ganta (Feb.) Baldwin 11002! 11006! Nimba (Aug.) Adames 422! E. of Béyo (fr. Jan.) Leeuwenberg 2467!
Notes
Doubtfully recorded by Koechlin from Cameroun and Gabon.

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