Amomum aculeatum

Botanical Description

Amomum aculeatum is a large perennial plant producing rather slender, leafy stems up to 4 or even 5 metres tall from a long, stout, underground 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. , 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.