Zingiber spectabile

Common name: Beehive ginger

Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger)

Distribution: Southeast Asia

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: The plant is commonly known in the West by the common name "beehive ginger", due to its unusual inflorescences which resemble a skep beehive.

Links: iSpot • Wikipedia

1: Plants and people - crops, medicinal, etc. (Plants and people) • Accession: 2014-236/2 • Provenance: Horticultural
2: Tropical house 1 (Tropical House 1) • Accession: 2014-236/1 • Provenance: Horticultural

Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

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Zingiber spectabile

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