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Alpinia javanica, the Javanese alpinia, is a rhizomatous ginger from wet tropical Southeast Asia, grown mainly for its ornamental foliage. It needs warmth, humidity and moist but not waterlogged soil.
Alpinia javanica, the Javanese alpinia, is a species of ginger occurring from Thailand to Malesia. It was first described by Carl Ludwig von Blume.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alpinia javanica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
