Red ginger
റഡ് ജിഞ്ചർআদা ফুল
Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Zingiberaceae
Also called Red Ginger
Formerly Alpinia grandis, Guillainia novoebudica, Guillainia purpurata, Languas purpurata
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Maluku to SW. PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Red, magentaRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: height, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Hawaiana, Jengibre rojo, Ginger
- Portuguese
- Gengibre-vermelho
- Russian
- Красный имбирь, Альпиния пурпурная
- Chinese
- 紅花月桃, 红花山姜, 红花月桃
- Czech
- galgán nachový
- Indonesian
- Lengkuas Merah
- Chinese (China)
- 紫花山姜
- French
- Gingembre rouge
- Danish
- Rød Ingefær
- Thai
- ขิงแดง
- Polish
- alpinia purpurowa
- Lithuanian
- Purpurinė alpinija
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Alpinia purpurata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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