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Alpinia tonrokuensis

Alpinia tonrokuensis
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Alpinia tonrokuensis is a tall rhizomatous ginger from northern Taiwan, reaching 2.5 to 4.5 m with large lanceolate leaves. It is grown mainly as a warm-climate garden or shade-house plant, and it needs humid, frost-free conditions.

Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in winter.
Soil
Rich, well-draining loam with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Taiwan
Climate
subtropical

About

Alpinia tonrokuensis (屯鹿月桃) is a species of plant endemic to northern Taiwan. They are 2.5–4.5 meters in height, with oblong to lanceolate leaves, 55–82 × 12–17 cm.

Other Alpinia plants

Alpinia aquatica · Snow ginger · Alpinia beamanii · Wild ginger · Alpinia conchigera · Alpinia elegans · Greater galangal · Round Chinese Cardamom · Slender ginger · Alpinia javanica · Alpinia malaccensis · Narrow-leaf ginger

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alpinia tonrokuensis 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.

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