Alpinia calcarata - Revision history

Gauravm at 14:36, 6 September 2010

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Gauravm at 01:17, 20 August 2010

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Gauravm: added some more data

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added some more data

Gauravm: distribution

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distribution

Gauravm at 02:38, 16 August 2010

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Gauravm at 02:18, 16 August 2010

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 |introdescription=''Alpinia calcarata'' or Snap Ginger is a plant native to India. It is less common in other parts of the world. Its mainly grown as an ornamental plant.
 |Headerimage=Starr 071024-0129 Alpinia calcarata.jpg
 |Headercaption=''Alpinia calcarata'' leaves and flowers. Image from Botanical Gardens at Maui, Hawaii.
 |Headerspeciesname=Alpinia calcarata
 |username=Gauravm
 |page creation date=2010/08/15
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 |common indian names=कुलंजन Kulanjan (Hindi);Aratta (Malayalam);Chikkadumparaasme (Kannada);Toroni (Oriya);Rasna, सुगंधमूल Sugandhamoola, Kulanjana (Sanskrit)
 |ref common indian names=Flowers of India
 |Regnum=Plantae
 |Division=Magnoliophyta
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 |Family=Zingiberaceae
 |Genus=Alpinia
 |plant general morphology=Pseudostems to 1.3 m. Leaves sessile; ligule 8--15 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 20--32 × 2--3.5 cm or narrower, glabrous, base attenuate, margin with well-spaced, short bristles, apex acuminate and caudate-mucronate. Panicles less than 10 cm; rachis slightly velvety; proximal branches 3- or 4-flowered; bracteoles oblong, to 1.7 cm, membranous, apex obtuse. Pedicel ca. 3 mm. Calyx to 1.2 cm, split on 1 side, pubescent, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube white, ca. 9 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 2.2 cm. Lateral staminodes red, subulate, ca. 3 mm, adnate to base of labellum. Labellum white with rose red and purple streaks, obovate, 2.7--3.5 × 1.5--2 cm, apex emarginate. Filament ca. 1.3 cm; anther 5--7 mm. Ovary 3--4 mm in diam., sericeous. Capsule red, globose. Fl. May. 2 n = 48*.
 |ref plant general morph=Encylopedia of Life
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 |leaf blade type=Simple
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 |speciesname=Alpinia calcarata
 |speciesname2=Alpiniacalcarata
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 |native=Yes
 |ref native=EoL, Flowers of India
 |medicinal significance=Yes
 |medicinal system=Folk Medicine
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 |medicinal use description=''Alpinia calcarata'' is used atleast in Sri Lanka as a folk medicine for pain relief. Some studies from University of Colombo have tried to study the effect of ethanolic extracts and hot water extracts on reproductive competence and pain relief in rats.
 |ref medicinal use description=Ratnasooriya06
 |food use=Yes
 |food plant part=Rhizomes
 |plant commercial=No
 |molecular data=Yes
 |molecular data type=Drug-related data
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 |modern scientific knowledge description=''Alpinia calcarata'' is used atleast in Sri Lanka as a folk medicine for pain relief. Some studies from University of Colombo have tried to study the effect of ethanolic extracts and hot water extracts on reproductive competence and pain relief in rats.
 |ref modern scientific knowledge=Ratnasooriya06
 |iucn=Not Evaluated
 |ref iucn=EoL

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 |leaf petiole type=Sessile
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 |ref state=Plants Database of India
 |biotic zone=Central Deccan Plateau
 |habitat details=Cultivated, Undergrowth forests
 |ref habitat details=Plants Database of India
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 |ref native=EoL, Flowers of India
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 |iucn=Not Evaluated
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 |introdescription=''Alpinia calcarata'' or Snap Ginger is a plant native to India. It is less common in other parts of the world. Its mainly grown as an ornamental plant.
 |Headerimage=Starr 071024-0129 Alpinia calcarata.jpg
 |Headercaption=''Alpinia calcarata'' leaves and flowers. Image from Botanical Gardens at Maui, Hawaii.
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 |plant general morphology=Pseudostems to 1.3 m. Leaves sessile; ligule 8--15 mm, glabrous, apex obtuse; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 20--32 × 2--3.5 cm or narrower, glabrous, base attenuate, margin with well-spaced, short bristles, apex acuminate and caudate-mucronate. Panicles less than 10 cm; rachis slightly velvety; proximal branches 3- or 4-flowered; bracteoles oblong, to 1.7 cm, membranous, apex obtuse. Pedicel ca. 3 mm. Calyx to 1.2 cm, split on 1 side, pubescent, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube white, ca. 9 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 2.2 cm. Lateral staminodes red, subulate, ca. 3 mm, adnate to base of labellum. Labellum white with rose red and purple streaks, obovate, 2.7--3.5 × 1.5--2 cm, apex emarginate. Filament ca. 1.3 cm; anther 5--7 mm. Ovary 3--4 mm in diam., sericeous. Capsule red, globose. Fl. May. 2 n = 48*.
 |ref plant general morph=Encylopedia of Life
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 |speciesname=Alpinia calcarata
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 |native=Yes
 |ref native=EoL, Flowers of India

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