Hornstedtia scyphifera

Hornstedtia scyphifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Hornstedtia
Species:
H. scyphifera
Binomial name
Hornstedtia scyphifera
(J.Koenig) Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Amomum scyphiferum J.Koenig 1783
  • Cardamomum scyphiferum (J.Koenig) Kuntze 1891
  • Greenwaya scyphifer (J.Koenig) Giseke 1792

Hornstedtia scyphifera, commonly called walking ginger, is a flowering plant in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). It is native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. Its growth form is like a tiny banyan, growing horizontally as it drops approximately meter-long prop roots to the ground as the plant lengthens.[2][1]

Three varieties are recognized: H. s. var. scyphifera, H. s. var. fusiformis, and H. s. var. grandis.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Hornstedtia scyphifera (J.Koenig) Steud". Plants of the World Online.
  2. ^ Cranbrook, Earl of (1988). Key Environments - Malaysia. Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon Press. p. 65.