| Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K. Schum. |
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| Family : ZINGIBERACEAE |
| 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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see more in the book |
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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
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 33 (1986).
- LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1995). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Monocotyledones: Limnocharitaceae à Poaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 35-37
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 869 (2006).
Bibliography other :
- Edinburgh J. Bot. 68: 438 (2011)
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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