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Alpinia zerumbet
3-633.54.09English: Shell ginger; Pink porcelain lily; Variegated ginger; Butterfly ginger.
Region: East Asia.
Botany: perennial, ± 3 meter; flowers colorful funnel-shaped, white or pink perianths, yellow labella, red spots and stripes, three stamens, but only one has pollen; rhizomatous, evergreen; tropical; fruit globose with many striations.
Use: ornamental; cooking.
Region: East Asia.
Botany: perennial, ± 3 meter; flowers colorful funnel-shaped, white or pink perianths, yellow labella, red spots and stripes, three stamens, but only one has pollen; rhizomatous, evergreen; tropical; fruit globose with many striations.
Use: ornamental; cooking.