Zingiberaceae FAMILY

Alpinia purpurata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Alpinia purpurata is an evergreen, herbaceous, perennial plant producing a clump of leafy stems 3 - 4 metres tall from an underground, creeping rhizome[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Widely grown as an ornamental in the tropics, the flower is often used in the cut flower industry[ 350 Title National Tropical Botanical Garden Publication Author Website http://ntbg.org/plants/choose_a_plant.php Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description General information on almost 400 species, with descriptions, habitats and some uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - eastern Indonesia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

HabitatDisturbed moist forest, old gardens, trail sides as well as along streams; at elevations up to about 500 metres[ 311 Title Medicinal Plants in the South Pacific Publication Author Publisher WHO Regional Publications, Manilla. Year 1998 ISBN 92-9061-118-9 Description Excellent guide to 102 medicinal herbs of the Pacific Islands, with photographs of each plant and details of their constituents, biological activities and traditional uses. A description of each plant, together with habitat and distribution is given. ].