Hornstedtia pininga (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Hornstedtia pininga (Blume) Valeton

Family: Zingiberaceae

• Indonesia: pining ranjang (Java).

Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sarawak).

Seed clusters are eaten raw or candied.

• Perennial herb, up to 3 m tall, with aerial rhizome supported by stilt roots of 30-200 cm length, sometimes climbing up trees.
• Leaves lanceolate, 44-75 cm × 6.5-14 cm.
• Fruit berry-like, compressed-ellipsoid, white.

In forests at 700-1500 m altitude. Very variable species, several varieties are distinguished.

• Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963 1968. Flora of Java. 3 Volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands.

• Smith, R.M., 1985-1986. A review of Bornean Zingiberaceae 1 & 2. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 42: 261-314, 43: 439-466.

• Valeton, Th., 1921. Hornstedtia Retz. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique, Buitenzorg, Série 3, Vol. 3: 150-179.

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen