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Family Zingiberaceae
Ginger Family
HAWAII - POLYNESIAN
INTRODUCTION
Curcuma longa
UH Manoa, Oahu
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TURMERIC 'OLENA
| Cultivated throughout the Pacific in wet lowlands.
Orange-fleshed rhizomes are boiled, dried, & ground to yield
turmeric powder. Used as spice, food color, dye, medicine. Native to
India & SE Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric
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Zingiber zerumbet
SHAMPOO GINGER AWAPUHI
NATURALIZED
Hedychium gardnerianum
Capt. Cook, Hawaii
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KAHILI GINGER
| Forms thickets up to 6 feet tall in cool wet areas. An invasive
that displaces native species. Native to
the Himalayas. |
Hedychium coronarium
WHITE GINGER
| Forms thickets up to 6 feet tall in disturbed wet areas. Native to
India. |
Hedychium flavescens
YELLOW GINGER
| An invasive species that forms thickets up to 6 feet tall in disturbed
wet areas. Native to
the Himalayas. |
Alpinia purpurata
RED GINGER
| Forms thickets up to 5 feet tall in wet areas. True flower is
white, found among red or pink flowering bracts. Young
plants begin as shoots from the inflorescence in addition to
rhizomes. Native to Malaysia & cultivated in warm areas
worldwide. |
Alpinia zerumbet
SHELL GINGER
| Forms clumps up to 18 feet tall in warm wet areas. Native to SE
Asia & widely naturalized. |
HAWAII - CULTIVATED
Zingiber spectabile
GOLDEN BEEHIVE GINGER
| Ornamental native to SE Asia. |
Phaeomeria magnifica
TORCH GINGER
| Ornamental native to SE Asia. |
Curcuma sp.
ORNAMENTAL TURMERIC
| Ornamental plant with many cultivars. Flower color varies.
Native to SE Asia. |
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