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Elettaria Maton

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Herbs perennial; rhizome thick, horizontal; stem leafy, long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate. Inflorescence a panicle borne directly from the rhizome, flexuous, decumbent; bract bifid-trifid; flowers shortly pedicelled, bracteolate; calyx cylindric, membranous, shortly lobed; corolla tube cylindric, tri-lobed, mid-lobe oblong, convex, lateral lobes narrower. Fruit capsules, oblong or globose, coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds small angular.

Worldwide: Species 11 from South India to Malesia.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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cardamomum (L.) Maton

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Elettaria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Elettaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Elettaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Elettaria
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iNaturalist: Elettaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Elettaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Elettaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Elettaria
Plants of the World Online: Elettaria
Tropicos: Elettaria
Wikipedia: Elettaria
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Elettaria.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2396, retrieved 19 April 2024

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