''Aframomum cordifolium'' is a monocotyledonous plant species the family

Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Af ...

first described by John Michael Lock and JBHall.

References

Lock & J.B.Hall, 1974 ''In: Kew Bull. 28: 447'' cordifolium {{zingiberales-stub