Marantaceae FAMILY
Phrynium rheedei
Phrynium rheedei
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Phrynium rheedei is a herbaceous perennial plant growing around 1 metre tall from a tuberous rhizome[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The leaves are sometimes gathered from the wild for local use to wrap foods.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea.
HabitatWet shaded places in dense forests; at elevations from 100 - 1,400 metres in southern China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].