Zingiberaceae FAMILY

Alpinia caerulea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Native ginger is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing loose clumps of erect, unbranched stems up to 2 metres tall from a creeping rhizome[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. The fruits were a favourite food of the Australian Aborigines[ 144 Title Wild Food in Australia. Publication Author Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Publisher Fontana Year 1976 ISBN 0-00-634436-4 Description A very good pocket guide. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - Papua New Guinea; Australia - Queensland and New South Wales.

HabitatCoastal rainforest[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. Along the sides of streams in rainforests[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. Wetter rainforests or in damp gullies in Eucalyptus forests[ 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. ].