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Pleuranthodium racemigerum
Also called Raceme ginger
Orange fruited ginger is a rhizomatous perennial in the ginger family, native to the wet tropical rainforests of northeast Queensland, Australia. It needs shade, steady moisture and warm, humid conditions, and is best grown in a woodland-style garden or shade house.
Pleuranthodium racemigerum, commonly known as orange fruited ginger, is a plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller as Alpinia racemigera, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. It grows in well-developed rainforest and is mostly restricted to the wet tropics region.
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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.
