Riedelia corallina
(K. Schum.) Valeton
ZingiberaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in moist forest. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. Melbourne Botanical gardens tropical house.
Asia, Australia, Hawaii, Indonesia, Pacific, Papua, Papua New Guinea*, PNG, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Micronesia, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen
How to Identify
A ginger family herb. The leaves are 50 cm long. They are thick and glossy and spread out from the base.
Names & Synonyms
Bogolabe
Alpinia corallina K. Schum.
References (4)
- Llamas, K.A., 2003, Tropical Flowering Plants. Timber Press. p 371
- Powell, J.M., Ethnobotany. In Paijmans, K., 1976, New Guinea Vegetation. Australian National University Press. p 111
- Hide, R. L., (Ed.) 1984, Research Report of the Simbu Land Use Project. Vol.V1 South Simbu: Studies in Demography, Nutrition, and Subsistence. p 447
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
