Common name:
Family: Zingiberaceae
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Country of Origin: SW. South Sudan to Tanzania
Description: Perennial herb with extensive rhizome with red-brown chartaceous scales; leafy shoots 2-4 m tall;3
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USDA Zone: 9-11
Source: Lyon Arb.
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- SubFamily: Alpinioideae
- Tribe: Alpinieae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 6 October 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 6 October 2015.
- Aframomum mala at African Plants Database. Accessed 6 October 2015.
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