Renealmia jamaicensis
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| genus = Renealmia
| species = jamaicensis
| authority = (Gaertn.) Horan.
| synonyms = * Alpinia jamaicensis Gaertn.
- Ethanium racemosum Salisb.
- Zingiber uncinatum Stokes
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Renealmia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to the Caribbean, more specifically Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Renealmia jamaicensis (Gaertn.) Horan. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:798056-1 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |language=en}} It was first described by Joseph Gaertner and given its current name by Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow.
Renealmia jamaicensis is known as Cojatillo (Cuba), Cumaní (Dominican Republic), Gingembre marron (Haiti), Jengibre amarillo (Dominican Republic), Jengibre cimarrón (Dominican Republic), and Narciso colorado (Puerto Rico).{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Renealmia cernua (Sw. ex Roem. & Schult.) J.F.Macbr. |url=https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/WestIndies/getonerecord_Emu.cfm?ID=12554 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Flora of the West Indies |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}
Two varieties are recognized: Renealmia jamaicensis var. jamaicensis and Renealmia jamaicensis var. puberula.{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Renealmia jamaicensis (Gaertn.) Horan. |url=https://wfoplantlist.org/taxon/wfo-0000510696-2024-06?page=1 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=WFO Plant List |publisher=World Flora Online |language=en}}