Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) B.L.Burtt

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Slide No.
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No. 17172
PLANTS of-CEYLON
Alpinia nigra
Zingiberaceae
Plants ca. 150-20(Tcm in height;
flowers pink; fruits ca. 1.5 cm in
diameter and when cooked turn black;
young shoots light red color; grown
in humit area.
Loc. Pitakumbura between Talamayava
National Park. March 6, 1987
ctsuo Koyama Jayasuriya and Isao Adachi
Collection made under the auspices of the Committee on U.S.-Japan
Cooperative Research of Asiatic Economic Plants.
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