Distribution Map

Siphonochilus aethiopicus

               
Sidvungula
sidvungule
sidvungulu
(Kaempferia aethiopica)
(Kaempferia ethelae)

Zingiberaceae Siphonochiloideae Siphonochileae 

Eswatini Red List status (2002): EN A1d

As at April 2024, 3 herbarium specimens, 7 photo records

South African Red List status: CR (2006)
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule A
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Kaempferia ethelae - Perennial. Rhizome thick, stem short, leaves and flowers rising at surface of ground. Leaves c 5 in tuft, bases sheathing one another, blades up to c 25 cm long x 3 cm wide, with strong midrib. Sepals three, equal, membranous, joined below to form split tube; petals three, delicate, showy, mauve, up to 8 cm long with attached staminodes; fertile stamen solitary with short broad stalk, anther 1 cm long prolonged into delicate petal-like appendage c 3 cm long x 5 mm wide; ovary inferior.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.