Amomum uliginosum

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Title

Amomum uliginosum

Subject

Taxonomy
Phylum   :Tracheophyta
Class      :Liliopsida
Order     :Zingiberales
Family    :Zingiberaceae
Genus    :Amomum
Species  :Amomum uliginosum

Synonyms
Amomum ovoideum Pierre ex Gagnep., Amomum robustum K.Schum., Amomum uliginosum Koenig, Cardamomum uliginosum (J.Koenig) Kuntze, Wurfbainia uliginosa (J.Koenig) Giseke

Common name
Puar hijau, puar gajah, tepus merah (Peninsular)

Description

Characteristics
A large herb that can grow measures up to 300 cm tall, with subterranean, long and much branched rhizome while the leafy shoots are widely apart.

Morphology

Leaves
Narrowly lance-shaped, measuring up to 50 cm x 7 cm and with caudate apex.

Inflorescence
Small and spherical, measures up to 5 cm long while on the peduncle it is up to 10 cm long. The bracts are measures 2.5-3 cm long, about 2 cm long bracteoles and tubular at the base.

Flowers
Have with petal tube that are as long as or slightly longer than the sepal. The labellum is ovate and strongly concave, white, sometimes with 2 dark red spots at the base and with a dark crimson stripe on each side. The anther is with a 3-lobed appendage, which having spreads at the side lobes.

Fruit
Up to 2 cm long that is covered by slender and soft red spines.

Plant part used
Leaves, rhizomes and seeds


Traditional uses

  • The rhizomes are possibly used as a stomache.
  • The whole plant is used in post-partum saunas.

List of country
Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Creator

Amomum uliginosum (J.Koenig,1783)

Publisher

Nur Athirah Roshaizi

Contributor

Nur Athirah Roshaizi

Language

English

Collection

Kingdom Plantae

Citation

Amomum uliginosum (J.Koenig,1783), “Amomum uliginosum,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/399.

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