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Aframomum albiflorum
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Aberfoyle Tea Estate, Honde Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
Aberfoyle Tea Estate, Honde Valley
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| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Leafy shoots arising from extensive rhizomes. Inflorescences 2-3-flowered, also arising from the rhizome. Corolla white. Labellum white with yellow basal patch. | |
| Notes: | See Aframomum angustifolium for comparison and also Hedychium gardnerianum, an alien in forest habitat. | |
| Derivation of specific name: | albiforum: with white flowers | |
| Habitat: | Understorey of forests | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E | |
| Growth form: | P | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Pselaphelia flavivitta (Leaf emperor) | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 23 May 2007 |
Other sources of information about Aframomum albiflorum:
Flora of Mozambique: Aframomum albiflorumBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Aframomum albiflorum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Aframomum albiflorum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Aframomum albiflorum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Aframomum albiflorum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aframomum albiflorum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Aframomum albiflorum
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Aframomum albiflorum
West African Plants database: Aframomum albiflorum
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