Zingiberaceae FAMILY
Alpinia oceanica
Alpinia oceanica
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Alpinia oceanica is an erect, perennial plant with shoots that can grow up to 3 metres tall from a creeping, fleshy rhizome[ 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWestern Pacific - Bismarch Archipelago, Solomon Islands
HabitatCultivated and wild in disturbed moist forests, old gardens, underr brush, thickets and along sea shores; at elevations up to 500 metres[ 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ].