Alpinia nutans
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alpinia nutans, the shellflower, or dwarf cardamom, is a Southeast Asian plant of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), and is a medicinal plant used to control hypertension, as diuretic,[1] antifungal,[2] and antiulcer.[3] In Japan it is used as food preservative.[4]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Zingiberaceae |
Genus: | Alpinia |
Species: | A. nutans |
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