Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.

Zingiberaceae (ginger family) » Alpinia zerumbet

 

al-PIN-ee-uh -- named for Prospero Alpino, Italian botanist

ZER-um-bet -- derived from a Persian word

 

commonly known as: butterfly ginger, light galangal, pink porcelain lily, shell flower, shell ginger

 

Native to: India, eastern Asia

 

 

References: Flowers of India • Floridata • Wikipedia • PIER species info • M.M.P.N.D.

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