Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K. Schum. |
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Protologue : Engl. Pflanzenreich, Zingib. 218 (1904) |
Information on the genus : Aframomum |
Basionym : Amomum angustifolium Sonn. |
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Status
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Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Amomum angustifolium Sonn. |
Cardamomum angustifolium (Sonn.) Kuntze |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Amomum sanguineum K. Schum. (1892) |
=Aframomum sanguineum (K. Schum.) K. Schum. (1904) |
=Aframomum baumannii K. Schum. (1904) |
=*Aframomum hanburyi K. Schum. (1904) |
=Aframomum sceleratum A. Chev. (1914) |
=Amomum clusii D. Hanb. (1819) |
=Amomum erythrocarpum Ridl. (1887) |
=Cardamomum clusii (Sm.) Kuntze |
=Cardamomum melegueta Kuntze |
=*Marogna paludosa Salisb. |
=*Aframomum madagascariense Lam. |
=Zingiber melegueta Gaertn. |
=*Amomum nemorosum Bojer |
=Amomum sansibaricum Werth |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Perennial herb with extensive rhizome; scales coriaceous, red-brown; leafy shoots 1,5-4 m tall; |
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Ecology : |
Forest and margins; moist shady places in hill savanna; forest gallery; often in pure stands at edge of stream fringing forest; open woodland; fallows; ground-water forests; seasonally dry forests near the savanna-forest boundary; 0-1829 m alt. |
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Some variations in this species near A. daniellii, A. mala. – “These two species [A. angustifolium, A. daniellii] form an extremely difficult and confusing group” (vide Lock, Kew Bull. 35: 303, 1980). |
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Madagascar; Mascarenes (probably introduced). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- EXELL, A. & WILD, H. (2010). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 13: 136
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 100
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- TREGOLD M.H., H.M. BIEGEL & H. ASHTON (1986). Food plants of Zimbabwe: With Old and New Ways of Preparation : 33
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 35-37 (1995).
- KLOPPER R.R., CHATELAIN C,. & AL. (2006). Checklist Flowering Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa. Sabonet report 42 : 869
Bibliography other :
- Edinburgh J. Bot. 68: 438 (2011)
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