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Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Herbs, rhizomes creeping; pseudostems robust. Leaves petiolate, lamina large, lanceolate. Inflorescence arising directly from rhizomes, a spike or head with flowers arranged in 3 or 4 concentric circles on a flat receptacle; base surrounded by numerous involucral bracts; peduncle usually raised above ground and long, or embedded in ground and short; bracts 1-flowered; bracteoles long, tubular. Calyx tubular, membranous, split on 1 side, apex 3-toothed; corolla tube equalling or longer than calyx, lobes 3, much shorted than tube. Fruit capsules, fleshy, indehiscent, smooth, longitudinally ridged with obtuse warts in rows. Worldwide: Species 98 in tropical and sub-tropical Asia to South Pacific. Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm. |
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