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Kaempferia rotunda
Also called Resurrection Lily, Tropical Crocus
Kaempferia rotunda is a small rhizomatous ginger grown mainly for its medicinal rhizomes and its ornamental pale lilac flowers that emerge from the soil. It thrives in warm, humid conditions with a dormant rest period after flowering.
Kaempferia rotunda, the asian ginger, is a flowering plant species in the ginger family. It is native to China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), the Indian subcontinent (including Assam, Nepal and Bangladesh), Indochina, and widely cultivated elsewhere. It is reportedly naturalized in Java, Malaysia and Costa Rica.
Kaempferia rotunda is a plant with many medicinal uses in Ayurvedic and allopathic medicinal systems. This plant is also called bhumi champa, Indian crocus, peacock ginger, and round-rooted galangale.
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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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
