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Cape York ginger

Amomum queenslandicum

Cape York ginger
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY 4.0
Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
New Guinea to N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Amomum queenslandicum, commonly known as Cape York ginger, is a plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae found in New Guinea and a small part of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

Amomum queenslandicum favours disturbed areas of lowland and gallery rainforest in Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea, at altitudes from sea level up to 200 m.

Other Amomum plants

Java Cardamom · Black cardamom · Cardamom · Amomum exertum · Amomum smithiae · Cardamom

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amomum queenslandicum 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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