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Ela (Species 2)


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Common Names


Badi Elaichi

About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Elettaria cardamomum var. major Thwaites

FAMILY 


Zingiberaceae Martinov

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

TRIBE


Alpinioideae

SUBTRIBE


Alpinieae

GENUS 


Elettaria Maton

SPECIES


cardamomum (L.) Maton

VARIETY


major Thwaites Enumeratio plantarum zeylaniae 318. 1861


Plant Description


Leafy shoot up to 4 m high. Petioles up to 2.5 cm long; lamina up to c. 1 m x 15 cm, lanceolate, acuminate, lightly pubescent or glabrous below; ligule to 1 cm long, entire. Inflorescence usually borne separately on a prostrate (occasionally erect) stalk up to 40 cm. Bracts 2-3 x 0.8-1 cm, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, rather persistent but becoming fimbriate with age. Cincinni many-flowered. Bracteoles up to 2.5 cm long, tubular, mucronate, glabrous. Calyx up to 2 cm long, 2- or obscurely 3-lobed, lobes mucronate. Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx; lobes 1-1.5 cm long, rounded at the apex, the dorsal lobe widest. Labellum white, streaked violet, 1.5-2 x 1 cm at widest part, obovate, obscurely 3-lobed, narrowed at the base. Lateral staminodes inconspicuous, subulate. Anther sessile; thecae c. 1 cm long, parallel, connective prolonged into a short, entire crest. Ovary 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Capsule oblong or globose

 

*Description source: Not verified.

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