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Backscratcher ginger
Tapeinochilos ananassae
About
Tapeinochilos ananassae, also known as backscratcher ginger, torch ginger, or Indonesian wax ginger, is an evergreen herb in the family Costaceae described as a species in 1866. It is native to New Guinea, the Indonesian province of Maluku, and the Australian state of Queensland. It is a perennial growing up to 2.4 m (8 ft) tall and a spread of up to 2.1 m (7 ft). The inflorescence is a cylindrical array of stiff, bright red bracts enclosing emergent yellow flowers.
- Family
- Costaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tapeinochilos ananassae
- Slug
- tapeinochilos-ananassae
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Tapeinochilos
- Species
- ananassae
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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