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Amomum hypoleucum
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Family:
ZINGIBERACEAE
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Citation: Amomum hypoleucum Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 318. 1861; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 240. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1487(1039). 1928; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 310. 1988; Sabu, Taxonomic Phylogenetic Stud. Zingiberac. 142. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 341. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 707. 2002; Sabu, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India 84. 2006.
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Description:
Herbs, rhizomes perennial, slender. Leafy shoots 2-3 50-100 cm tall. Leaves 30-45 x 5-10 cm, acuminate, silky pubescent below; petiolate, ligule short, 2-4 mm long, bilobed, glabrous. Spikes 2 or 3 flowered; bracts membraneous, glabrous; bracteoles longer than bracts, tubular, glabrous. Calyx 3-lobed, glabrous. Corolla white, equal or slightly longer than calyx, lobes equal, glabrous. Labellum yellow with pink lines, hairy near throat. Lateral staminodes reduced to two small, teeth like projections. Anther 9 mm long, connective prolonged in to truncate crest. Ovary 5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-1200
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Localities:
Kariamchola, Koomankundu, Athirumala
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