Alpinia malaccensis

(Burm.f.) Roscoe (1807)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Zingiberales Family: Zingiberaceae Genus: Alpinia

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 345 (1807)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Alpinia malaccensis Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Biodiversity Trail, west side of Lawai Stream. Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Clumping perennial herb, leaves green, spicy odor when crushed, stems erect to 2 meters tall, sheath and petioles pubescent. Inflor. Erect, terminal, with 2 deciduous bracts; flowers with white tepals, labellum yellow flushed red medially, veins red. Lorence, D.H. 10698 Kauai BISH 2017-07-12
2 Alpinia malaccensis Honolulu; Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Fruit 2 x 1.8 cm., bright red with white hairs; pedicel 0.8cm., hairy, close to hairy rachis; within shell filled with dark brown seeds in waxy white filmy aril. Fruit borne erect, not nodding. Seed 5 x 3-4.5 mm. Potter, C. Oahu BISH 1959-05-20
3 Alpinia malaccensis Honolulu; Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Resembles shell ginger, but this inflor. is erect; fruit dull rose-red, tomato-shaped, 3/4 x 1 in. Potter, C. Oahu BISH 1958-01-01
4 Alpinia malaccensis Honolulu: Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Resembles shell ginger, but this inflor. is erect; fruit dull rose-red, tomato-shaped, 3/4 x 1 in. Potter, C. Oahu BISH 1958-01-01
5 Alpinia malaccensis Honolulu: Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Resembles shell ginger, but this inflor. is erect; fruit dull rose-red, tomato-shaped, 3/4 x 1 in. Potter, C. Oahu BISH 1958-01-01