Renealmia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Renealmia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Renealmia (in honor of Paul Reneaulme, a French botanist). Zingiberaceae. Perennial aromatic herbs, suitable for cult, in the warmhouse or outdoors in the extreme S.: rootstock fleshy: sts. leafy: lvs. more or less long-petioled or sessile, lanceolate or oblong : infl. terminal or scapose and either paniculate or racemose; fls. white, yellow or red; calyx short, 3-lobed; corolla short-tubed, the lobes erect or finally spreading, sub- equal or the posterior broader and concave; ovary 3-celled: caps, globose. About 60 species, Trop. Amer. and a few in Trop. Afr. R. exaltata, Linn, f., is recently intro. as a dye-plant; also ornamental, with reddish peduncles and bracts, and yellow fls.: lvs. like a canna: the fleshy hulls of fr. yield dye and ink. W. Indies. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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