Amomum tsaoko
| Amomum tsaoko | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Genus: | Amomum |
| Species: | A. tsaoko, |
| Binomial name | |
| Amomum tsaoko Crevost & Lemarié | |
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Amomum tsaoko is a ginger-like plant known in English by the transliterated Chinese name cao guo. It grows at high altitudes in Yunnan.[2] Both wild and cultivated plants are used medicinally.[2]
References
- ↑ Leong-Skornickova, J., Tran, H.D., Newman, M., Lamxay, V. & Bouamanivong, S. 2012. Amomum tsao-ko. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 October 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Flora of China".
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