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Amomum limbatum

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Name

Identification
Amomum limbatum Oliver & Hanb. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] Verified by Mann, Aframomum limbatum K.Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Amomum limbatum
  • Aframomum limbatum

Flora

Entry for AMOMUM limbatum Oliv. & Hanb. [family ZINGIBERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 293, (1898) Author: (By J. G. BAKER.)
Names
AMOMUM limbatum Oliv. & Hanb. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. —Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2480.
Information
Rootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem, 12–15 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, firm in texture, 6–10 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. broad at the middle, glabrous above, obscurely pubescent beneath, narrowed to the base, nearly sessile on the sheath; ligule small. Peduncle short, 2–3-flowered; bracts oblong, obtuse, brown, scariose, upper above an inch long. Corolla-lobes 2 in. long; dorsal oblong; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, purple, above 2 in. diam.; anther-crest with a small orbicular end-lobe and two spreading narrow side-lobes. Fruit glabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, lead-coloured, very shining.
Distribution
Fernando Po Upper Guinea Mann, 99! 1171!

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