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35. Globba marantina L.wfo-0000430578

Mant. pl. 2: 170. 1771; Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 13(1): 25. 1950.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Colebrookia bulbifera Donn, nom. nud.
Ceratanthera amomoides Hornem., Enum. Pl. Hort. Hafn., Supplementum II: 4. 1809.
Globba strobilifera Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz.: 84. 1845.
Globba zollingeri Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 48: 209. 1901.
Globba heterobractea K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46 (Heft 20): 159. 1904.
Globba timorensis K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46 (Heft 20): 160. 1904.


Description : Herb 20–45 cm tall. Leaf sheaths purplish green, pubescent; ligule truncate, 2 mm long, ciliate; blades 2–7, elliptic to somewhat ovate, 9–20 by 2–6 cm, sparsely so above, pubescent below, rarely glabrous, base cuneate, apex acuminate; petiole to 1 cm on upper leaves. Inflorescence horizontal, compact, cylindrical, 2–8 cm long; peduncle hardly exserted beyond leaf sheaths, most bracts sterile; rachis pubescent; bracts persistent, elliptic, ca 1 by 1 cm, diminishing gradually towards apex, green, densely pubescent; cincinni short, flowers 1–3 per cincinnus, sessile; bracteoles persistent, elliptic, ca 5 mm long, shallowly hooded, pubescent, yellow. Flower: ovary ellipsoid, ca 2 by 1 mm; calyx funnel-shaped, ca 3 mm long, trilobed, lobes acute to acuminate, yellow; floral tube 1.2 cm long, yellow, dorsal corolla lobe elliptic, ca 6 by 2 mm, hooded, yellow, lateral corolla lobes elliptic, ca 5 by 2 mm long, shallowly hooded, yellow; lateral staminodes oblong, 0.8–1 by 0.3 cm, twice as longer as corolla lobes, yellow; labellum obtriangular, ca 8 by 4 mm, bilobed, lobes acute, yellow with red spot; stamen: filament ca 2 cm long, yellow; anther elliptic, 2 mm long, connective tissue yellow, appendages 4, triangular, ca 3 mm long, yellow. Fruit globose, 5–8 mm diam., verrucose, orange. Bulbils numerous, in axils of bracts, narrowly ovoid to conical with irregularly verrucose surface, ca 1 cm long.


Thailand : Found in all regions and many provinces.


Distribution : Bangladesh, China, India (type), Indonesia (Java – types of Globba strobilifera and G. zollingeri, Lesser Sunda Islands – type of G. timorensis), Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines (type of G. heterobractea), Sri Lanka.


Vernacular : Wan khao phansa (ว่านเข้าพรรษา), khao phansa phum khao bin (เข้าพรรษาพุ่มข้าวบิณฑ์).


Notes: The most widespread species of Zingiberaceae, occurring from Sri Lanka to Papua New Guinea. The type is from Eastern India (‘Habitat in India orientali’).


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