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Alpinia japonica
Torch ginger
It is 30 to 60 cm high and grows together. The stem is slanted in the second grade. The rhizomes are thickly branched, the nodes have scaly leaves, and the young part is red. The leaves are evergreen, have no luster, are wide needles 15 to 40 cm long and 5 to 8 cm wide, and have a lot of fine soft hair on both sides, especially on the back. Put a flower on the tip of the false stem. It is a 10 to 15 cm long inflorescence with dense hairs on the flower axis. The eagle falls quickly with a narrow oval shape. The length of the flower is approximately 2.5 cm, the cocoon is white, cylindrical, with fine hairs, 1 to 1.2 cm in length, the tip is red with 3 blunt teeth, and one side is torn. The inner cover is split into three at the top, and the back piece stands in an oval shape to wrap the stamen. The lip is oval, split into two ends, white and crimson with a length of about 1 cm. The edges are curled, with yellow-red appendages on both sides of the base. The fruits (fruit juices) are wide oval, ripen red, 1.2 to 1.8 cm long and have fine hairs on the surface.
Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'
Shell ginger 'Variegata'
The shell ginger 'Variegata' from the parent plant Shell ginger is appreciated for its hardiness. It was created to have bold, uniquely striped foliage and to be smaller and more compact overall. This cultivar has leaves that vary widely in design and appearance.
Alpinia purpurata
Red ginger
Red ginger (Alpinia purpurata) is a flowering perennial plant native to Malaysia. Red ginger is often cultivated as an ornamental houseplant. This plant is also called the "ostrich plume" and the "pink cone ginger." red ginger is the national flower of Samoa.
Alpinia zerumbet
Shell ginger
The distinctive shell ginger plant can grow up to 2.5 to 3 m tall. It bears colorful funnel-shaped flowers that have white or pink perianths. The leaves of the shell ginger are edible and are often used as flavorings in dishes or brewed as an herbal tea.
Alpinia malaccensis
Ornamental ginger
Ornamental ginger is grown commercially for its oil in parts of Asia. It is also grown ornamentally for its showy white and yellow flowers, which are highly aromatic. Its scientific name(Alpinia malaccensis) comes from the state of Malacca in its native Malaysia.
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Hornstedtia
Hornstedtia
Hornstedtia is a versatile and fragrant plant used in both culinary and medicinal applications.In addition, it attracts various species of bees and butterflies with its bright, showy flowers.
Pyrgophyllum
Pyrgophyllum
The genus is native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina (especially Thailand).
Burbidgea
Burbidgea
Burbidgea is a versatile and fragrant plant used in both culinary and medicinal applications.In addition, it attracts various species of bees and butterflies with its bright, showy flowers.
Alpinia
Shell gingers
Shell gingers are a huge and diverse group of flowering plants that are typically found in forest understory habitats. These plants are distinctive for their lack of true stems and for being aromatic. Several species are also grown ornamentally, though these plants are sensitive to frost and tend to only do well in warm climates.
Kaempferia
Peacock gingers
Peacock gingers are an East Asian native genus of over a hundred plants in the ginger family. Species such as Kaempferia galanga (galangal) and Kaempferia parviflora are food crops that are extensively cultivated across their native range. They are shade-loving wildflowers that grow on the floors of tropical forests.
Curcuma
Curcuma
Curcuma are a sizable group of mostly tropical flowering plants that include some species of great commercial and culinary value to humans. The roots are powdered and used as a flavoring in many south and southeast Asian cuisines. Boasting a strong yellow-orange color, the powder has also been used as a dye for millennia and continues to be used as a color additive in everything from mustards to pre-prepared soup stocks.
Cautleya
Cautleya
Cautleya is a small genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family), found in the eastern Himalayas through to China and Vietnam. Cautleya species grow from short rhizomes which have thick, fleshy roots. They have "pseudostems" formed by the tightly wrapped basal sheaths of their leaves. Depending on the species, the pseudostems may be 25 to 79 cm high. Individual leaves consist of a sheath and a blade. The yellow or orange flowers appear in the summer and are grouped into a spike (inflorescence). Each flower is surrounded by a persistent coloured bract. After fertilization, the seed capsule splits to the base showing a mass of red, grey or black seeds. It consists of two species.
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cooking ginger
Cooking ginger is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland.
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Scientific Classification of Shell gingers

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Alpinia japonica
Torch ginger
It is 30 to 60 cm high and grows together. The stem is slanted in the second grade. The rhizomes are thickly branched, the nodes have scaly leaves, and the young part is red. The leaves are evergreen, have no luster, are wide needles 15 to 40 cm long and 5 to 8 cm wide, and have a lot of fine soft hair on both sides, especially on the back. Put a flower on the tip of the false stem. It is a 10 to 15 cm long inflorescence with dense hairs on the flower axis. The eagle falls quickly with a narrow oval shape. The length of the flower is approximately 2.5 cm, the cocoon is white, cylindrical, with fine hairs, 1 to 1.2 cm in length, the tip is red with 3 blunt teeth, and one side is torn. The inner cover is split into three at the top, and the back piece stands in an oval shape to wrap the stamen. The lip is oval, split into two ends, white and crimson with a length of about 1 cm. The edges are curled, with yellow-red appendages on both sides of the base. The fruits (fruit juices) are wide oval, ripen red, 1.2 to 1.8 cm long and have fine hairs on the surface.
Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'
Shell ginger 'Variegata'
The shell ginger 'Variegata' from the parent plant Shell ginger is appreciated for its hardiness. It was created to have bold, uniquely striped foliage and to be smaller and more compact overall. This cultivar has leaves that vary widely in design and appearance.
Alpinia purpurata
Red ginger
Red ginger (Alpinia purpurata) is a flowering perennial plant native to Malaysia. Red ginger is often cultivated as an ornamental houseplant. This plant is also called the "ostrich plume" and the "pink cone ginger." red ginger is the national flower of Samoa.
Alpinia zerumbet
Shell ginger
The distinctive shell ginger plant can grow up to 2.5 to 3 m tall. It bears colorful funnel-shaped flowers that have white or pink perianths. The leaves of the shell ginger are edible and are often used as flavorings in dishes or brewed as an herbal tea.
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Hornstedtia
Hornstedtia
Hornstedtia is a versatile and fragrant plant used in both culinary and medicinal applications.In addition, it attracts various species of bees and butterflies with its bright, showy flowers.
Pyrgophyllum
Pyrgophyllum
The genus is native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina (especially Thailand).
Burbidgea
Burbidgea
Burbidgea is a versatile and fragrant plant used in both culinary and medicinal applications.In addition, it attracts various species of bees and butterflies with its bright, showy flowers.
Alpinia
Shell gingers
Shell gingers are a huge and diverse group of flowering plants that are typically found in forest understory habitats. These plants are distinctive for their lack of true stems and for being aromatic. Several species are also grown ornamentally, though these plants are sensitive to frost and tend to only do well in warm climates.
Kaempferia
Peacock gingers
Peacock gingers are an East Asian native genus of over a hundred plants in the ginger family. Species such as Kaempferia galanga (galangal) and Kaempferia parviflora are food crops that are extensively cultivated across their native range. They are shade-loving wildflowers that grow on the floors of tropical forests.
Curcuma
Curcuma
Curcuma are a sizable group of mostly tropical flowering plants that include some species of great commercial and culinary value to humans. The roots are powdered and used as a flavoring in many south and southeast Asian cuisines. Boasting a strong yellow-orange color, the powder has also been used as a dye for millennia and continues to be used as a color additive in everything from mustards to pre-prepared soup stocks.
Cautleya
Cautleya
Cautleya is a small genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family), found in the eastern Himalayas through to China and Vietnam. Cautleya species grow from short rhizomes which have thick, fleshy roots. They have "pseudostems" formed by the tightly wrapped basal sheaths of their leaves. Depending on the species, the pseudostems may be 25 to 79 cm high. Individual leaves consist of a sheath and a blade. The yellow or orange flowers appear in the summer and are grouped into a spike (inflorescence). Each flower is surrounded by a persistent coloured bract. After fertilization, the seed capsule splits to the base showing a mass of red, grey or black seeds. It consists of two species.
Amomum
cooking ginger
Cooking ginger is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland.
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