Zingiberaceae FAMILY

Hornstedtia scottiana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hornstedtia scottiana is a robust perennial plant producing a cluster of unbranched, leafy stems up to 4 metres tall. The stems grow from branched, woody rhizomes that are supported above ground level by means of short stilt roots[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is a very large ginger with interesting basal flowering, it is a good plant for moist shaded areas in parks and larger gardens[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia (Moluccas), to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, northeast Australia.

HabitatAn understorey plant in lowland rain forests, growing on moist soils; at elevations up to 200 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].