
Zingiberaceae FAMILY
Hornstedtia minor
Hornstedtia minor
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Hornstedtia minor is a robust perennial plant producing a cluster of unbranched leafy stems up to 4 metres tall from a branched, woody 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is cultivated in Java[ 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. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia (Sarawak), Indonesia (Kalimantan, Java)
HabitatForests, at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 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. ].