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mani nair

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11 Dec 2010, 12:05:21 pm11/12/10
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Dear friends,
please help to id this Plant.
Regards,
Mani.

Date/Time

5.12.2010    10 a.m.

Location- Place, Altitude, GP

Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly Garden, Thane.

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- 

Cultivated

Plant Habit-

shrub

Height/Length- 

1 meter

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 


Inflorescence Type/ Size- 

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- 

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- 

 not seen

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- 


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Pankaj Kumar

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11 Dec 2010, 12:44:10 pm11/12/10
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Seems like Elettaria cardamomum to me.
Pankaj

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tanay bose

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11 Dec 2010, 2:20:16 pm11/12/10
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Yes Elettaria cardamomum commonly known as big Cardamom
Tanay
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Vijayasankar

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12 Dec 2010, 10:19:01 am12/12/10
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This should be Alpinia calcarata.
Elettaria has lateral inflorescences that arise from near the ground, not on leafy shoot.
Large cardamom is Amomum subulatum, not Elettaria.

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J.M. Garg

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31 Dec 2010, 4:08:18 am31/12/10
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Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“Seems like Elettaria cardamomum to me.
Pankaj”

 

“Yes Elettaria cardamomum commonly known as big Cardamom
Tanay”

 

“This should be Alpinia calcarata.

Elettaria has lateral inflorescences that arise from near the ground, not on leafy shoot.
Large cardamom is Amomum subulatum, not Elettaria.

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manudev madhavan

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31 Dec 2010, 4:12:33 am31/12/10
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This is Alpinia calcarata only...!!!
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