Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Etlingera

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Alpinioideae

Tribe:

Alpinieae

Nomen number:

409477

Place of publication:

Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43:244. 1986

Verified:

10/09/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Alpinia elatior Jack

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Nicolaia elatior (Jack) Horan.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kool, A. et al. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR (on-line resource).
Luc-Cayol, F. & L. Fereol. 1997. ×Alpingera martinica (Zingiberaceae): an intergeneric hybrid between Alpinia purpurata and Etlingera elatior. HortScience 32:914.
Newman, M. et al. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:75-76.
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Common names

English
Philippine waxflower –
torch-ginger –
Malay
kantan –
Spanish
boca de dragón –
Swedish
fackelingefära –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos		possibly native
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia		possibly native
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia		possibly native
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
2	Cultivated					widely cult. elsewhere in tropics
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Lesser Sunda Islands
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia

Native
Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Laos (possibly native)
MALESIA: Indonesia (possibly native), Malaysia (possibly native), Philippines

Cultivated

Asia-Tropical

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental	ornamental	Luc-Cayol, F. & L. Fereol. 1997. ×Alpingera martinica (Zingiberaceae): an intergeneric hybrid between Alpinia purpurata and Etlingera elatior. HortScience 32:914.
Food additives	flavoring	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6