Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates. [ 2 ]
Alpinia purpurata, commonly referred to as red ginger, ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, is a ginger native to Maluku and the southwest Pacific islands.In typical ginger fashion, A. purpurata is a rhizomatous plant, spreading underground in a horizontal growth habit, sending feeder roots downwards into the substrate and sprouting leafy vertical stems from nodes located along the rhizome.
Pleuranthodium racemigerum, commonly known as orange fruited ginger, is a plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia.It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller as Alpinia racemigera, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith.
Alpinia modesta (common name - narrow-leaf ginger) [1] [4] is a plant in the Zingiberaceae (ginger family). [ 3 ] [ 2 ] It was first described in 1904 by Ferdinand von Mueller . [ 5 ]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Alpinia rafflesiana is found in the secondary forest and tends to grow from sea level to 1,200 meters. [1] This plant tends to grow best in environments with full to partial sunlight, and moist and fertile soil. [1] The A. rafflesiana species is dispersed by wind and water, and the species is pollinated by birds, bees and bats. [6] [7]
Alpinia officinarum, known as lesser galangal, is a plant in the ginger family, cultivated in Southeast Asia. It originated in China, where its name ultimately derives. It can grow 1.5 to 2 m high, [1] with long leaves and reddish-white flowers. The rhizomes, known as galangal, are valued for their sweet spicy flavor and aromatic scent. These ...
Alpinia arctiflora is a rhizomatous herb, meaning that the stem takes the form of an underground rhizome with only the leafy shoots and flowers appearing above ground. [4] [5] [6] It grows to around 3 m (9.8 ft) high, each shoot carrying a number of lanceolate leaves on short petioles, each about 50 cm (20 in) long by 10 cm (3.9 in) wide.