Zingiberaceae FAMILY
Alpinia vitellina
Alpinia vitellina
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Alpinia vitellina is a herbaceous, perennial plant with stout, leafy stems; it can grow 120 - 150cm tall from a creeping rhizome[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Peninsula Malaysia.
HabitatA rather rare plant, growing in dense secondary forest[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].