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Updated 1/27/2024

Family Zingiberaceae

Ginger Family

HAWAII - POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

Curcuma longa

TURMERIC    'OLENA

Zingiber zerumbet

SHAMPOO GINGER      AWAPUHI

 


HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Hedychium gardnerianum

KAHILI GINGER

 

 

Alpinia purpurata

RED GINGER

 

Hedychium flavescens 

YELLOW GINGER

 

Alpinia zerumbet 

SHELL GINGER

 


HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Curcuma sp.

ORNAMENTAL TURMERIC

 
Hedychium greenii

SCARLET GINGER

Alpinia calcarata

SNAP or CARDAMOM GINGER

 

Etlingeria elatior

TORCH GINGER

 

Alpinia nutans

DWARF CARDAMOM

 

 

Alpinia officinarum

LESSER GALANGAL