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Renealmia jamaicensis
Renealmia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to the Caribbean, more specifically Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. It was first described by Joseph Gaertner and given its current name by Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow.
Renealmia jamaicensis is known as Cojatillo (Cuba), Cumaní (Dominican Republic), Gingembre marron (Haiti), Jengibre amarillo (Dominican Republic), Jengibre cimarrón (Dominican Republic), and Narciso colorado (Puerto Rico).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Renealmia jamaicensis 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.
