Alpinia galanga (L.) Sw., Obs. Bot., 6. 1791. Hayata, Gen. Ind. Fl. Form. 82. 1916; Burtt & R. M. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31(2): 186. f. 3B. 1972; Wu & Chen, Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 16(2): 71. f. 21. 1981; R. M. Smith, Edinburgh J. Bot. 47(1): 45. 1990; J. J. Yang & J. C. Wang in S. T. Chiu & C. I. Peng, Proc. Cross-Strait Symp. Florist. Diversity Conserv. 190. 1998.
高良薑
Maranta galanga L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 3. 1763.
Languas galanga (L.) Stuntz, U. S. Dept. Arg. Bull. 261: 21. 1912; Moo, Fl. Taiwan 5: 841. 1978 (excl. pl. 1535).
Plant 1.5-2.0 m, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, petioles 0.5-1.0 cm long; blade 35-50 × 10-15 cm, oblong to lanceolate, tip acuminate, base cuneate, membranous, glabrous on both sides except for the margin; ligule 1 cm long, entire or bilobed, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Inflorescence a thyrse, erect, glabrous, flower-bearing part ca.35 cm long, each cincinnus with 2-4 flowers; bract minute, deciduous. Flowers pedicellate; bracteole white, 0.5 cm long, glabrous, persistent or deciduous; calyx white, tubular, 1 cm long, shortly 3-lobed; corolla green-white, tube 1 cm long, lobes oblong, glabrous, dorsal lobe 1.8 cm long, laterals 1.6-1.8 cm; labellum white, with 1.5 cm long claw, bilobed at apex, 2 × 1.3 cm; staminodes subulate, 0.6 cm long, with red stripes or spots, glabrous; anther 0.9 cm long; filament 0.8 cm long; stigma expanded, ciliated orifice; style slender, 2 cm long; epigynous glands columnar, 0.3 cm long; ovary glabrous, 0.7 × 0.5 cm, green. Fruits indehiscent, orange-red, ellipsoid, 1-1.5 × 0.7-1 cm, smooth, glabrous. Seeds 5-10, angular; aril white, membranous.
HSINCHU: Hsinfeng, Kao 10258 (TAI). NANTOU: Peishankeng, Yang 1225, 1736, 1763, 1885(TNU). YUNLIN: Touliu, Sasaki s.n. Jun. 12, 1932 (TAI). CHIAYI: Chiayi, Feng s.n. Jun. 4, 1975 ( PPI); Talin, Kao 10605 (TAI); Tapu, Yang 1314, 1317(TNU).
India, Indo-China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Java, Borneo, and Hainan; cultivated and occasionally escaped in Taiwan.
