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Taxon:
Wurfbainia villosa
(Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Wurfbainia
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
480417
Place of publication:
Taxon 67:30. 2018, nom. cons.
Comment:
the basionym
Amomum villosum
Lour. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (
Shenzhen ICN
14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
08/29/2018
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Wurfbainia villosa
(Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen var.
nana
(H. T. Tsai & S. W. Zhao) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen
(0 active accession[s])
Wurfbainia villosa
(Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen var.
villosa
(0 active accession[s])
Wurfbainia villosa
(Lour.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen var.
xanthioides
(Wall. ex Baker) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Amomum villosum
Lour.
No images
Reference(s)
Boer, H. de et al.
2018. Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): recircumscribing
Amomum
as a monophyletic genus.
Taxon
67:30.
Common names
English
bastard cardamom –
Reference(s)
false cardamom –
Reference(s)
Malabar cardamom –
Reference(s)
Tavoy cardamom –
Reference(s)
Chinese
sha ren (砂仁) –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
,
Vietnam
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
as
Amomum villosum
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1.
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA)
12(1):118.
Medicines
folklore
as
Amomum villosum
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1.
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA)
12(1):118.
Medicines
folklore
as
Amomum villosum
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines
folklore
as
Amomum villosum
Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk.
1993. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed.
Note:
Eastland Press, Seattle
Medicines
folklore
as
Amomum villosum
Yen, Kun-Ying.
1994. Illustrated Chinese materia medica crude and prepared.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025
. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL:
https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=480417
. Accessed
29 May 2025
.
Name
References