FLORA OF VIETNAM
Zingiberaceae
Siliquamomum tonkinense

Lai Chau Prov., Sin Ho Distr., Ma Quai Municipality, Can Ti 2 village, around point 22°24′18″N 103°22′45″E.

Remnants of broad-leaved evergreen closed primary and secondary forest on steep mountain slopes composed with sandstone and limestone at elev. about 1200 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial and lithophytic herb up to 1.5 m tall in very wet dark places along stream canyon. Flowers white, central tapal with green central spot. Not common.

HAL 9780 16 Nov. 2006 Photo.
Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.