Zingiberaceae FAMILY
Hornstedtia scottiana
Hornstedtia scottiana
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
The plant usually flowers and fruits as a shrubby plant about 2 - 4 metres tall, but it should be noted that only the leaves are above ground level. The true stem is below the soil surface[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hornstedtia+scottiana>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
- [2]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.