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Alpinia nutans

Synonyms: Alpinia molucana; Catimbium nutans (homotypic); Globba nutans (homotypic); Globba sylvestris (homotypic); Tonemone malukuana

Wikipedia Abstract

Alpinia nutans (Shellflower, Dwarf cardamom) is a Southeast Asian plant of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), and is a medicinal plant used to control hypertension, as diuretic, antifungal, and antiulcer. In Japan it is used as food preservative.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low

Predators

Aonidiella orientalis (Oriental Scale)[2]
Aspidiotus destructor (coconut scale)[2]
Nipaecoccus nipae (coconut mealybug)[2]
Planococcus minor (Pacific mealybug)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0