• Source: Hornstedtia scottiana

Hornstedtia scottiana, common known as Scott's ginger, jiddo, or native cardamom, is a very large ginger (member of the family Zingiberaceae) native to Queensland, New Guinea and the Maluku Islands. Its fruits are eaten by the cassowary. It is also a food plant for the larval stages of the Banded Demon Butterfly.




Taxonomy


It was first described in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Elettaria scottiana from a specimen found in the rainforest in Rockingham's Bay by John Dallachy. In 1904, it was redescribed as belonging to the genus, Hornstedtia, by Karl Moritz Schumann.




See also


Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Hornstedtia
• Tumbuhan dan hewan terdomestikasi di Austronesia
• Hornstedtia scottiana
• Root vegetable
• Hornstedtia
• List of food origins
• List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller
• Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia
• Notocrypta waigensis