Cornukaempferia

Cornukaempferia is a rhizomatous genus in the Zingiberaceae family found only in Thailand. There have only been three described species.


Cornukaempferia aurantiflora is a species from northeast Thailand.

'Jungle Gold' is the form most commonly found in trade and has been listed as a selection of both C. aurantiflora and C. aurantifolia. Only species aurantiflora is listed in the Tropicos and Kew data bases. Photo taken August 2009 by Jay Yourch.

Cornukaempferia 'Jungle Gold', Jay Yourch

Cornukaempferia longipetiolata is native to Thailand. The photo below was taken by Dylan Hannon.

Cornukaempferia longipetiolata, Dylan Hannon

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