Amomum putrescens D. Fang

Plants 70--120 cm tall. Leaves 5 or 6; ligule entire, 0.7--1.5 cm; petiole 5--23 cm, adaxially grooved; leaf blade ovate on proximal leaves, oblong to lanceolate on distal ones, 25--100 × 10--20 cm, glabrous, base obliquely cuneate, apex acute. Spikes ovoid, 50--60-flowered; peduncle 12--32 cm, scalelike sheaths ovate-deltoid or ovate-oblong, 0.5--8 cm; bracts ovate-deltoid, ca. 5 × 3.5 cm, 3- or 4-flowered, soon decaying, apex mucronate; bracteoles 2.5--3 cm, split to base, soon decaying. Flowers yellow. Calyx ca. 2 cm, slightly split on 1 side, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube ca. 1.6 cm; lobes oblong, 1.7--2 cm. Lateral staminodes red, toothlike, ca. 3 mm. Labellum cuneate, ca. 2.8 × 2.2 cm, apex emarginate, mucronate. Anther ca. 1.7 cm; connective appendage slightly 3-lobed, 4--5 mm × ca. 1.5 cm, apex toothed. Ovary glabrous. Capsule oblong-ovoid, ca. 2.9 × 2.5 cm, glabrous, 9-winged, apex with persistent calyx. Seeds ca. 3 mm, enclosed by white aril. 2 n = 48*.

S Guangxi (Dongxing Xian).

* Forests; ca. 300 m.

腐花豆蔻（学名：Epomus putrescens），为姜科豆蔻属下个一个植物种。 下头没任何亚种

Amomum putrescens là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Gừng. Loài này được D.Fang mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1978.

腐花豆蔻（学名：Amomum putrescens），为姜科豆蔻属下的一个植物种。