Amomum ochreum

Botanical Description

Amomum ochreum is a perennial plant producing leafy shoots 1 - 5 metres tall from a creeping rhizome. New leafy shoots are produced at 5 - 12cm intervals along the 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 food flavouring.