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Categories: Articles requiring reliable medical sources, Flora of Asia, All articles needing additional references, Taxa named by Rosemary Margaret Smith, Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDs

shellflower shall-flower shell ginger Alpinia Zerumbet Alpinia speciosa

Cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes WordNet 3.0

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Cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as shell ginger among other names, is a perennial species of ginger native to East Asia. Wikipedia

Alpinia nutans, the shellflower, or dwarf cardamom, is a Southeast Asian plant of the ginger family, and is a medicinal plant used to control hypertension, as diuretic, antifungal, and antiulcer. Wikipedia

Species of plant Wikidata

An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside. Wiktionary

Alpinia zerumbet. Wiktionary (translation)

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ginger

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Alpinia

IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS

data deficient

PARENT TAXON

Alpinia

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