A reply:
"It is Alpinia calcarata or Rasna or Chitaratha. Alpinia galanga is also
known as Rasna.


Thanks for reading this mail.
With best regards
Dr.M.Sabu
Professor
Taxonomy and Floristics Division
Department of Botany
Calicut University
Kerala 673635, India."

Thanks, Dr. Sabu.

On 29 October 2015 at 12:20, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:

> Forwarding again for Id assistance please.
>
> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>
> Must be some Alpinia sp. (Zingiberaceae).
> DSRawat Pantnagar
>
> Alpinia
> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/z/zingiberaceae/alpinia>
>  species
> so far in efi
>
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> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
> Date: 21 October 2015 at 18:42
> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:234145] For identification BS 1- 211015
> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
> Cc: Benedict Samuel <[email protected]>
>
>
> Giving unique and different subject line.
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> From: Benedict Samuel <[email protected]>
> Date: 21 October 2015 at 14:26
> Subject: [efloraofindia:234145] For identification
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Found these along the river above Thirupaprappu falls in Kanyakumari dist.
> in the southern ghats.
> Couldn't find a photo match online.
>
> Regards,
>
> Benedict
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