KAEMPFERIA PARVIFLORA WALL. ex BAKER - A NEW RECORD OF MEDICINAL PLANT SPECIES FOR VIETNAM
Nguyen Hoang Tuan1,*, Bui Hong Cuong2
1Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Vietnam; 2Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Vietnam
*Corresponding author: tuandl50@yahoo.com
(Received August, 22th, 2016)
Summary
Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker - A New Record of Medicinal Plant Species for Vietnam
Through survey of medicial plant resources in Yang Mao commune, Krong Bong district, Dak Lak province, Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker is recorded as a new species in flora of Vietnam. Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker is characterized by petiole long, ovate, corolla lobes white, linear, lateral staminodes linear, labellum white with purple tinged at the base, each lobe obovate, cuneate, bifid, upto 1/4th its length, filament very short, crested. A full description with a colour plate and notes on the variability in morphology, distribution, phenology and uses of this species are given.
Keywords: Kaempferia parviflora, K. angustifolia, K. galanga, K. marginata, K. rotunda, Dak Lak, Krong Bong.
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