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red ginger, pink cone ginger
Alpinia purpurata
-2.5631, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
These plants grow from large rhizomes. The stem consists of closely folded blades, such as in banana trees. The flowers grow on long racemes. They are popularly grown as ornamentals for their flashy flowers.
Habitat:
Planted in a large semi-urban yard & garden in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Reference Links:
Red Ginger
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2012
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