Etlingera labellosa
(K. Scum.) R. M. Sm.
ZingiberaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The underground fruits are eaten.
How to Identify
A ginger family herb. It grows 4 m tall. The rhizome or underground stem is long and creeping. The base of the leafy shoot is 8 cm across. The leaf blade is 78 cm long by 15 cm wide. The base is unequal. The flowering shoot comes from the rhizome at the base and has a pale brown to white stalk. The fruit are under the ground with 1-2 fruit 2.5-3 cm across. They are covered with pale brown hairs.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Etlingera labellosa is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Etlingera labellosa is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Barengopo
References (2)
- Bau, B. B. and Poulson, A. D., 2007, Ethnobotanical Notes on Gingers of the Huon Peninsula in Papua New Guinea. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 59 (1&2): 23-34. 2007
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
