- Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
(Ginger Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
- Basionym : Maranta malaccensis Burm.f.
- Synonym(s) : Buekia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Raeusch.; Catimbium malaccense (Burm.f.) Holttum; Languas malaccensis (Burm.f.) Merr.; Alpinia nutans var. sericea Baker
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Roscoe
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Along stream banks; Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Rare. Damp forests, close to streams
- Key identification features : Stout herbs; Leaves oblong or oblong- lanceolate, villous; Flowers in densely pubescent, terminal raceme; corolla white with red or reddish and yellow centered lip; Capsules globose, hairy, orange-red.
- Flower, Fruit : January-October
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Puri district, Kandhamal district, Mayurbhanj district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 1988- Studies on Zingiberaceae of Karnataka
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 169
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Alpinia malaccensis. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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