Hornstedtia scottiana (jidu [Kuku Yalanji (language)], jiddo, native cardamom)

Hornstedtia scottiana (F.Muell.) K.Schum. (1904) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld.. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 200 m.
Grows as an under-storey shrub in disturbed areas in lowland rain forest.
Also occurs in the Moluccas, New Guinea and some of the neighbouring SW Pacific islands.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Hornstedtia scottiana (F.Muell.) K.Schum. (1904): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/69151/api/apni-format .
Hornstedtia ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Hornstedtia&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
Viewed: 2026 March 19th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Hornstedtia scottiana (F.Muell.) K.Schum. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Hornstedtia_scottiana.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2026 March 19th .

• Forster Paul I, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Hornstedtia scottiana (F.Muell.) K.Schum. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—page: 565 . 
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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