Zingiberaceae

Amomum sp.?

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest on steep rocky slope composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone around point 22º27’36’’N 105º39’18’E at elevation of about 250 m a.s.l. Terrestrial herb to 1.5 m tall in shady slope. Flowers white, lip with yellow spot. Locally common.

26 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2916.

M. Nuraliev: Wurfbainia longiligularis или Wurfbainia villosa