Taxon: Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm.

Common names:

• Philippine waxflower   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• torch-ginger   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• kantan   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Malay
  
• boca de dragón   (Source: Dict Rehm [as Nicolaia elatior]) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide HortScience 32:914. 1997; Dict Gard)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia [possibly native]; Malaysia [possibly native]; Philippines

• widely cultivated in tropics

References:

• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Luc-Cayol, F. & L. Fereol. 1997. HortScience 32:914.
• Newman, M. et al. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:75–76.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Etlingera elatior.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Etlingera elatior. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Alpinia elatior Jack (basionym)
  
• (=) Alpinia magnifica Roscoe
  
• (=) Amomum magnificum ined.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Elettaria speciosa Blume
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (≡) Nicolaia elatior (Jack) Horan.
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)
• (=) Nicolaia speciosa (Blume) Horan.
  
• (=) Phaeomeria magnifica (Roscoe) K. Schum.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (=) Phaeomeria speciosa (Blume) Koord.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Sm.:

• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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