Clades:
Angiospermae,
Lilianae,
Liliidae,
Commelinoids,
Zingiberales,
Stage 8.
English: Costa Rican Wax Ginger; Orange wax Ginger; Pineapple Ginger; Red Renealmia Ginger; Backscratcher Ginger; Devil’s Pineapple; Monkada.
Region: Central and South America, tropical Africa, West Indies.
Botany: leaves extend outward from the semi-woody stems; flower reddish orange, with an apex of bright yellow, like a pineapple or pinecone shape; bracts are hard, waxy, 10 to 30 tall; up to 2 meters tall; flowers from June to September.Use: ornamental; aromatic ginger.
Sources“Guía ilustrada de las plantas de las montañas del Quindío y los Andes Centrales” By William Gerardo Vargas.
http: //biogeodb.stri.si.edu/biodiversity/species/22113/ (Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute).
Wikipedia.com.
http: //www.vendio.com “Polynesian Produce Stand”.