Etlingera sp.

Common name:

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: Myanmar: Rakhine State

Description:

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2004093

Provenance:

Kress# 04-7767
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Tin Maung Ohn, Yangon University, Ko Tin, Yangon University
Myanmar: Rakhine State
Thinn Kyit Mountain, 3 miles N of Mrauk U
Secondary growth
15 Nov 2004, 20.6533, 93.1717

Shoots to 1.5 m, leaves green. Rhizome with odor of sassafras.

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Zingiberaceae
• SubFamily: Alpinioideae
• Tribe: Alpinieae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Friday, 02 August, 2019.

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