Renealmia exaltata L.f.

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Schubert, Bernice G. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. Camp. Begoniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 36-40.

  • Family

    Zingiberaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Renealmia exaltata L.f.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants in clumps from short heavy rhizomes, vegetative branches to 5 m., sheaths yellow-green, leaves deep green above, paler green below, sepals pale pinkish-yellow, corolla-tube pink below, lobes yellow, fruit pale pink.

  • Distribution

    Guayas: Coastal Plain, in the vicinity of Naranjito, 120 ft., E-3600.

    Ecuador South America|