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Kaempferia aethiopica

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Name

Identification
Kaempferia aethiopica (Schweinf.) Benth. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] (stored under name); Kaempferia aethopica Ridl. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Kaempferia aethopica
  • Cienkowskia aethiopica
  • Siphonochilus aethiopicus
  • Kaempferia aethiopica
  • Kaempferia nigerica
  • Siphonochilus nigericus
Common name
  • ba (Fox) taptarbo (Hayes fide JMD) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bélem kufo (K&A) belim kufo (K&A) (SENEGAL, 'SOCE'), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bélem kufo (K&A) belim kufo (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bélem kufo (K&A) belim kufo (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ndiedi (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for SIPHONOCHILUS aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L. Burtt [family ZINGIBERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SIPHONOCHILUS aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L. Burtt [family ZINGIBERACEAE], (1982);
Cienkowskia aethiopica Schweinf. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], (1867);. [type as above]
Kaempferia aethiopica (Schweinf.) Ridley [family ZINGIBERACEAE], (1887). Fig. 51. [type as above]
Information
Rhizome 3–5 cm long, ovoid; roots with elongate tubers. Leaves developing after flowering; blade narrowly elliptic, 17–36 x 2–4.5 cm, acuminate at the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base; sheaths sulcate, forming a well developed false stem to 70 cm tall. Inflorescences 4–12-flowered, with a very short peduncle, mostly below ground; floral bracts 3–4 x 1 cm, obtuse. Calyx 2.7–3.5(–5) cm long. Corolla-tube 2.5–5.5 cm long, 1–2 mm in diam.; corolla-lobes elliptic, 2.8–5.5 cm long, whitish and translucent. Labellum mauve to purple, 3-lobed, 5–11.5 cm long, the central lobe rounded and ± emarginate, with a yellow mark at the base. Stamen obovate to oblong, up to 5 cm long; anthers 8–9 mm long. Fruit ± subterranean, subglobose, ± 1.5 cm in diam. Seeds ± 6 x 2 mm, pale, shiny.
Range
S3 widespread in tropical Africa from Ethiopia to Senegal in the west and Zimbabwe in the south.
Altitude range
c. 30 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hemming 84/12.
Notes
First record for Somalia (21 km N of Kaambooni at 1°27’S, 41°34’E).

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