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Family Zingiberaceae

HAWAII - POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

Zingiber zerumbet



Kapi'olani Garden, Oahu

SHAMPOO GINGER    AWAPUHI

Cultivated throughout the Pacific, native to South Asia.  Soapy juice from the flower head used as moisturizing shampoo, other parts for utilitarian purposes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zingiber_zerumbet