Alpinia mutica

Botanical Description

Alpinia mutica is a rather slender, herbaceous perennial plant, producing leafy stems 1 - 2 metres tall from a rather slender, 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. , 974 Title Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants Publication Author Ahmed Fayaz Publisher Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand Year 2011 ISBN 978-1-55407-489 Description A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference. ]. The plant is sometines harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is cultivated as an ornamental, valued especially for its flowers[ 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. ].