Renealmia pyramidalis

Botanical Description

Renealmia pyramidalis is a herbaceous perennial plant producing clumps of erect stems 1 - 3 metres tall from rhizomes that can be 10 - 20mm wide[ 850 Title Renealmia (Zingiberaceae-Zingiberoideae), Costoideae (Additions) (Zingiberaceae). Publication Flora Neotropica 18: 1 - 218 Author Maas P.J.M. Publisher New York Botanical Garden; New York. Year 1977 ISBN Description A monograph of the genus Renealmia in the American Tropics. ]. There is a report that the plant is harvested from the wild and used locally in the Guyanas for medicinal purposes, but this plant is not native there, being found in the Caribbean only[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ].