Meaning | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes. |
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Synonyms | shellflower, shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa |
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Member of | Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas | perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes |
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Broader | ginger | perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems |
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Spanish | Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa |
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