Amomum stenocarpum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Amomum stenocarpum Valeton

Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot., ser. 3, vol. 2: 354 (1920).

• Indonesia: kaol haol (Simeuluë).

Simeuluë (Indonesia).

The stem juice is used to treat cough. The sourish fruits are edible.

• A large herb up to 300 cm tall.
• Leaves lanceolate, larger ones up to 90 cm × 13 cm.
• Inflorescence elongate, with distinct peduncle, bracts up to 4.5 cm long, persistent.
• Flowers unknown.
• Fruit narrowly fusiform, about 2.5 cm long, greenish.

A. stenocarpum is found in secondary forest.

• Heyne, K., 1950. De nuttige planten van Indonesië [The useful plants of Indonesia]. 3rd Edition. 2 volumes. W. van Hoeve, 's Gravenhage, the Netherlands/Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 + CCXLI pp.
• Valeton, T., 1920. Some new and newnamed species of Amomum sectio Euamomum K. Sch. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 2: 354-356.

• Amomum (Medicinal plants)

• Nguyen Quoc Binh