Amomum dallachyi F.Muell.

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Description

Plant to 4 m tall. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, attenuate, glabrous, to 43 cm long and 9 cm wide; ligule 0.5-1 cm long, obtuse, very shortly ciliate. Inflorescence tightly congested, sub-globose, to c. 6 cm wide; peduncle 1-2 cm long; bracts c. 3 cm long, pubescent; bracteoles tubular, c. 2-2.5 cm long, pubescent. Calyx to 2.5 cm long, 3-toothed. Corolla tube 2.5 cm long; lobes 2-2.5 cm long. Labellum elliptic, narrowed at base, 2 cm long, to 3.5 cm wide, obscurely 3-lobed. Lateral staminodes linear, c. 4 mm long. Filament c. 6 mm long; anther c. 8 mm long; crest 15 mm wide, 3-lobed. Ovary 10 mm long. Capsule rounded or oblong, to 1.5 cm diam., echinate.

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Distribution

Endemic in northern Qld.

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Habitat

Grows in rainforest.

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Qld: State Forest Reserve 675, Mulgrave Logging Area, A.W.Dockrill 907 (E, QRS); State Forest Reserve 675, B.P.M.Hyland 9256 (QRS); State Forest Reserve 675, Mulgrave Logging Area, A.K.Irvine 1705 (E, QRS); c. 1.6 km NW of Stickies Gap, Bloomfield R. area, L.Webb & G.Tracy 8428 (BRI).

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Notes

In the dried state, the leaves of Amomum dallachyi usually assume a dark brown appearance not found in A. queenslandicum and, as far as is known, their distributions do not overlap. The fruits of A. dallachyi are edible.

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Illustrations

F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. 539, fig. 529 (1913); W.R.Elliot & D.L.Jones, Encycl. Austral. Pl. 184 (1982).

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Source

Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 45 (1987), a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

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From the Acacia characters species list, created by on Mar 12, 2015.
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Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:41 Status: Legacy

Author - R.M.Smith

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Cite this profile as: R.M.Smith. Amomum dallachyi, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Amomum%20dallachyi [Date Accessed: 15 March 2025]