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Native Cardamon
Photo: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
Other Names: 'Scott's Ginger' Hornstedtia scottiana
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A large ginger
with huge leaves and swollen bases.
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Bright red bracts develop at the base of the
plant, from which tiny pink and white flowers grow.
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Later, round red fruits
develop inside these fading bracts, immersed within a snot-like substance.
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Ground birds such as cassowaries and megapodes eat the fruits (Nicholson and
Nicholson 200).
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The plants are usually found on the edge and in gaps of the
tropical rainforest in northern Queensland, New Guinea and some other Pacific
islands (Nicholson and Nicholson 2000).
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The plant is often called Native
Cardamom' as the seeds have a similar flavour to the related Asian plant.
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The
seeds and pulp of this plant are edible, and the leaves were used for wrapping
food (Nicholson and Nicholson 2000).
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
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