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Aframomum sulcatum

Aframomum sulcatum is a rhizomatous ginger-family plant from West tropical Africa, grown mainly as an ornamental or for its aromatic fruits. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with consistently moist soil.

Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in the dry season.
Soil
Rich, loose, well-drained organic mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aframomum sulcatum is a species of plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Daniel Oliver, Daniel Hanbury, and John Gilbert Baker and got its current name from Karl Moritz Schumann.

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 sulcatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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