脆果山姜 cui guo shan jiang

Amomum globosum Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 4. 1790.

Pseudostems ca. 1.5 m. Ligule 2-cleft, 1--2 cm, villous; petiole 5--6 cm; leaf blade oblong, 45--70 × 10--14 cm, glabrous, base attenuate, margin scabrous, ciliate, apex acuminate. Panicles cylindric, ca. 30 × 5 cm, pubescent; branches numerous, 1.5--3.5 cm, apically 4--8-flowered; bracts very small or absent; bracteoles oblong, ca. 1 cm × 4 mm, membranous. Pedicel 2--3(--8) mm. Calyx ca. 9 mm, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube equaling or slightly longer than calyx; lobes linear, ca. 1 cm × 2 mm. Lateral staminodes subulate. Labellum white with purple stripes, oblong or elliptic, ca. 1.2 × 1 cm, base slightly contracted, apex emarginate or entire. Filament 1.2--1.5 cm; anther ca. 6 mm. Ovary globose, pubescent. Capsule red, globose, 7--10 mm in diam.; pericarp thin, fragile. Seeds 5--7. Fl. Apr, fr. Jun.

Forests; 100--300 m. S Yunnan [Vietnam].