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Aframomum mala

Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
NE. & SC. Tanzania
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Aframomum mala is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann and Adolf Engler, and was given its current name by Karl Moritz Schumann. It is a rhizomatous geophyte native to Tanzania.

Other Aframomum plants

Aframomum albiflorum · Aframomum alboviolaceum · Aframomum alpinum · Aframomum amaniense · Guinea Grains · Aframomum arundinaceum · Aframomum atewae · Aframomum aulacocarpos · Aframomum cereum · Aframomum chrysanthum · Aframomum citratum · Aframomum colosseum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aframomum mala by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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