Alpinia renealimia ginger (medical)

General Information

Renealmia alpinia is a herbaceous perennial plant that can grow from 1 - 6 metres tall from a rhizome that can be 10 - 30cm thick. The plant often forms large colonies nice small plants 

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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, food flavouring and source of a dye