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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. ].