Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) MaasZINGIBERACEAELocal: Parque Nacional de Braslia, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: Kuhlmann, M. Frutos e Sementes do Cerrado Atrativos para a Fauna. Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, 2012.
herb to 1.5 m, leaves dark green; inflorescence bright orange, bracts orange, ovary bright green. Photo Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
Mainly reported from Ecuador and Peru and mainly from the Amazon basin. The fruit are edible. Photo from Omaere Etnobotanical Gardens, Puyo, Ecuador. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/gingers/index.html
Hedychium gardnerianumKahili ginger. Grows in nature in the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Kahili ginger is regarded as one the 100 most invasive species in the world by the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group.. It is a serious weed in Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Azores. Some research indicates the villosin, a compound found in H. gardnerianum, may be of use in treatment of small cell lung cancer. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA where it grows as a pot plant.
Thailand - Khao Yai National Park, near foot of Namtok Heo Suwat, among rocks beside stream in lower-montaine rainforest.Uploaded as "Curcuma sp.", specific identification suggested by Jubaea 15 June 2009.See discussion under my other shot of this.
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.Globba pendula Roxb. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay - Halia burung, Meroyan tinggal, Meroyan air, Halia hutan, Puar birah], Pendulous globba, Woodland ginger. Native to Indo-China, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malesia ecozone (Malaysia, Sumatera, Java, Borneo). Non-aromatic member of the ginger family. Herb growing up to 100 cm; leaf acuminate-caudex apex with stiff and hairs on above lateral veins; leaves arranged in two rows. Inflorescence elongated, nodding with rather long cincinni; flowers orange and subsessile; staminode longer than lateral petal lobes, anther with two appendages. Concoction used by natives for post-natal bath.Synonym(s):Globba panicoides Miq.Globba wallichii BakerGlobba aphylla Miq.Globba calophylla Ridl.Globba ciliata JackGlobba debilis Ridl.Globba expansa Wall. ex HoranGlobba fasciata Ridl.Globba hura (J.F.Gmel.) Roxb. [Illegitimate]Globba kingii Bakerand many more; see www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-247154Ref and suggested reading:FRIM Flora Databasewww.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-247154
Showing the dwarfing of the Torch Ginger flower-head by its giant plant. Known as Boca del Dragon here in Nicaragua and as Honje in its native Indonesia.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/gingers/index.html