Vasilis Teodoridis:
Zingiberaceae | Alpinia
28. Alpinia japonica (Thunberg) Miquel; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi. 3: 140. 1867.
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Globba japonica Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14; 73. 1784; Alpinia agiokuensis Hayata; Languas agiokuensis (Hayata) Sasaki; L. japonica (Thunberg) Sasaki.
Pseudostems 35--70 cm. Ligule 2-cleft; ca. 2 mm; pubescent; petiole to 2 cm; leaf blade lanceolate; oblanceolate; or narrowly long elliptic; 25--40 x 4--7 cm; pubescent especially abaxially; base attenuate; apex acuminate; mucronate. Racemes 15--30 cm; rachis densely tomentose; involucral bracts lanceolate; ca. 9 cm; deciduous at anthesis; bracteoles very small; early deciduous. Flowers usually paired on rachis; often also with degenerate flowers; pedicel ca. 2 mm. Calyx clavate; 1--1.2 cm; pubescent; apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube ca. 1 cm; sparsely puberulent; lobes oblong; ca. 1 cm; abaxially tomentose; central one hoodlike. Lateral staminodes linear; ca. 5 mm. Labellum white marked with red stripes; ovate; ca. 6 mm wide; margin irregularly notched; apex 2-cleft. Stamen 1.2--1.4 cm. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule salmon red; globose or ellipsoid; 1--1.5 cm in diam.; pubescent; apex with persistent calyx. Seeds ca. 5 x 3 mm; many angled; with camphorlike odor. Fl. Apr--Aug; fr. Jul--Dec. 2 n = 48*.
Forests. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].
Medicinal.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Zingiberaceae | Alpinia
28. Alpinia japonica (Thunberg) Miquel; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi. 3: 140. 1867.
?? shan jiang
Globba japonica Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14; 73. 1784; Alpinia agiokuensis Hayata; Languas agiokuensis (Hayata) Sasaki; L. japonica (Thunberg) Sasaki.
Pseudostems 35--70 cm. Ligule 2-cleft; ca. 2 mm; pubescent; petiole to 2 cm; leaf blade lanceolate; oblanceolate; or narrowly long elliptic; 25--40 x 4--7 cm; pubescent especially abaxially; base attenuate; apex acuminate; mucronate. Racemes 15--30 cm; rachis densely tomentose; involucral bracts lanceolate; ca. 9 cm; deciduous at anthesis; bracteoles very small; early deciduous. Flowers usually paired on rachis; often also with degenerate flowers; pedicel ca. 2 mm. Calyx clavate; 1--1.2 cm; pubescent; apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube ca. 1 cm; sparsely puberulent; lobes oblong; ca. 1 cm; abaxially tomentose; central one hoodlike. Lateral staminodes linear; ca. 5 mm. Labellum white marked with red stripes; ovate; ca. 6 mm wide; margin irregularly notched; apex 2-cleft. Stamen 1.2--1.4 cm. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule salmon red; globose or ellipsoid; 1--1.5 cm in diam.; pubescent; apex with persistent calyx. Seeds ca. 5 x 3 mm; many angled; with camphorlike odor. Fl. Apr--Aug; fr. Jul--Dec. 2 n = 48*.
Forests. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].
Medicinal.