Torch-ginger
Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.Sm.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.3 m
- wide
- —
Zingiberaceae
Formerly Alpinia acrostachya, Alpinia elatior, Alpinia magnifica, Alpinia speciosa, and 16 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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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
- Pen. Thailand to W. MalesiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
- Height
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from Top Tropicals and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Top Tropicals cream, pink, red, white; Wikipedia pink
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 火炬姜
- Simplified Chinese
- 火炬姜
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Etlingera elatior (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.