Appearance
These herbs lack true stems, but have pseudostems. They grow from thick rhizomes. The leaves are lance-shaped to oblong. The inflorescence takes the form of a spike, a panicle, or a raceme. The flower has a shallowly toothed calyx. The flower corolla is a cylindrical tube with three lobes at the mouth, the middle lobe largerDistribution
Native range is Borneo (Sabah).Habitat
Forest understory habitat.Reproduction
Pollinated by large bees.References:
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https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/16815http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:795290-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpinia
