Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia. Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay - Tepus merah], Red ginger, Ostrich plume, Pink cone ginger. Native to Malesia ecozone and Southwestern Pacific, elsewhere cultivated as ornamental and as constituent of folk medicine.Synonym(s):Guillainia purpurata Vieill.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2674en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ginger
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia. Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay - Tepus merah], Red ginger, Ostrich plume, Pink cone ginger. Native to Malesia ecozone and Southwestern Pacific, elsewhere cultivated as ornamental and as constituent of folk medicine.Synonym(s):Guillainia purpurata Vieill.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2674en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ginger