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Amomum pterocarpum
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Family:
ZINGIBERACEAE
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Citation: Amomum pterocarpum Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 317. 1861; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 241. 1892; Sabu, Taxonomic Phylogenetic Stud. Zingiberac. 149. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 446. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 341. 2002; Sabu, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India 89. 2006.
Amomum microstephanum Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 239. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1487(1039). 1928; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 310. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 497. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 27,34. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 458. 1996.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Perelam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Herbs, stem to 2 m high, clumped, erect; rhizome to 4 cm thick, old ones bluish inside. Leaves to 50 x 12 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at either ends, glabrous, usually clustered towards the apex; petiole to 3 cm long; ligule 3 mm long, whitish. Spikes 5-15 cm long, 3-4 together; bracts 6-7 x 4 cm, broadly elliptic, obtuse, pale pink. Flowers solitary in a bract. Labellum 4 x 3 cm, obovate, white with yellow centre. Capsule 3 cm long, glabrous; wings 3-8 mm broad, entire.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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, Yellow, Orange
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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:
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Localities:
Peechi, Thekkady, Kuchimudi, Aruvanpara, Kunthipuzha dam site area
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