Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into Caroline Is., Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Honduras, Marquesas, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Vietnam, Thua Thien-Hue, Nam Dong
16.1425, 107.741944
Location Remarks
Thuong Lo Commune, Cha Mang Stream.
Collectors
Jacinto (Jack) C. Regalado, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Nguyen Sinh Khang
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Coto Brus (Las Cruces Biological Station)
8.785278, -82.958889
Location Remarks
Las Cruces Biological Station. From San Jos‚, take the Pan-American highway south to San Isidro. Continue on the Pan-American to the turn off for San Vito (1.5-2 hours) at a small intersection called Paso Real (kilometer marker 221). From San Vito, the station is an additional 6 km south along the road to the town of Agua Buena.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Zingiberaceae
Genus
Etlingera
Authorship
Giseke