《中国植物志》|| 姜科 ZINGIBERACEAE ||豆蔻亚属 subgen. Amomum ||香豆蔻 Amomum subulatum Roxb.

20．香豆蔻（植物分类学报）嘎哥拉（土名译音）图版46: 1-7
Amomum subulatum Roxb., Cor. Pl. t. 277. 1817, et Fl. Ind. ed. 1. 44. 1820; Bak. in Hook. f. , Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 240. 1892; K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 20 (IV. 46): 253. fig. 31. 1904; 吴德邻等, 植物分类学报16 (3): 38. 1978.
粗壮草本，株高1-2米。叶片长圆状披针形，长27-60厘米，宽3.5-11厘米，顶端具长尾尖，基部圆形或楔形，两面均无毛；植株下部叶无柄或近无柄，上部叶柄长1-3厘米；叶舌膜质，长约3-4毫米，微凹，无毛，顶端浑圆。总花梗长0.5-4.5厘米，鳞片褐色，穗状花序近陀螺形，直径约5厘米；苞片卵形，长约3厘米，淡红色，顶端钻状；小苞片管状，长3厘米，裂至中部，裂片顶端急尖而微凹；花萼管状，无毛，三裂至中部，裂片钻状；花冠管与萼管等长，裂片黄色，近等长，后方的一枚裂片顶端钻状；唇瓣长圆形，长3厘米，顶端向内卷折，有明显的脉纹，中脉黄色，被白色柔毛；侧生退化雄蕊钻状，长2毫米，红色；花丝长5毫米，宽3毫米；花药长10毫米；药隔附属体椭圆形，全缘，长4毫米。蒴果球形，直径2-2.5厘米，紫色或红褐色，不开裂，具10余条波状狭翅，顶具宿萼，无梗或近无梗。花期：5-6月；果期：6-9月。
产西藏（墨脱）、云南、广西等省区；生于海拔300-1300米荫湿林中。孟加拉、尼泊尔亦有分布。
果实可药用，治喉痛、肺结核、眼睑炎、消化不良；亦作甜品和糕点的调料。

《Flora of China》|| Zingiberaceae || Amomum ||香豆蔻 Amomum subulatum

35. Amomum subulatum Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 75. 1820.

香豆蔻 xiang dou kou

Plants 1--2 m tall. Ligule 3--4 mm, membranous, apex rounded, emarginate; petiole absent or nearly so on proximal leaves, 1--3 cm on distal ones; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 25--60 × 3.5--11 cm, glabrous, base rounded or cuneate, apex long cuspidate. Spikes subturbinate, ca. 5 cm in diam.; peduncle 0.5--4.5 cm, scalelike sheaths brown; bracts pale red, ovate, ca. 3 cm, apex obtuse with horny cusp; bracteoles tubular, ca. 3 cm, apex acute, emarginate. Calyx glabrous, 3-cleft to middle; lobes subulate. Corolla tube equaling calyx; lobes yellow, central one subulate at apex. Lateral staminodes red, subulate, ca. 2 mm. Labellum with yellow midvein, oblong, ca. 3 cm, white pubescent, veins conspicuous, apex involute. Filament ca. 5 mm; anther ca. 1 cm; connective appendage elliptic, entire, ca. 4 mm. Capsule purple or red-brown, globose, 2--2.5 cm in diam., with 10 undulate wings, apex with persistent calyx. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jun--Sep. 2 n = 48.

Dense forests; 300--1300 m. Guangxi, Xizang, Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, N India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Tong (Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 18: 140. 1998) referred the plants treated in FRPS as Amomum subulatum to A. glabrum. However, one of us (Wu) notes that the species was correctly identified in FRPS, except for the illustration (pl. 46, f. 1--7), which depicts A. glabrum.