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    Alpinia purpurata, also known as Red Ginger, is a 1.8-2.4 meter tall herbaceous plant belonging to the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It has aromatic tuberous rootstocks and produces greenish white flowers streaked with red in dense 30 cm long panicles. The orange or red globose capsules contain light orange-brown rhizomes that are 2.5-10 cm thick with a tough fibrous texture and a spicy pungent taste.

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    Alpinia purpurata, also known as Red Ginger, is a 1.8-2.4 meter tall herbaceous plant belonging to the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It has aromatic tuberous rootstocks and produces greenish white flowers streaked with red in dense 30 cm long panicles. The orange or red globose capsules contain light orange-brown rhizomes that are 2.5-10 cm thick with a tough fibrous texture and a spicy pungent taste.

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    Scientific Classification: Kingdom

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    Alpinia purpurata, also known as Red Ginger, is a 1.8-2.4 meter tall herbaceous plant belonging to the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It has aromatic tuberous rootstocks and produces greenish white flowers streaked with red in dense 30 cm long panicles. The orange or red globose capsules contain light orange-brown rhizomes that are 2.5-10 cm thick with a tough fibrous texture and a spicy pungent taste.

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    Alpinia purpurata, Red Ginger

    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:

    Plantae

    Family:

    Zingiberaceae

    Genus:

    Alpinia

    An herb, 1.82.4 m in height, with tuberous aromatic rootstocks. Flowers greenish white, streaked
    with red, in dense-flowered, 30 cm long panicles; capsules orange or red, globose. The rhizome is

    2.510.0 cm thick and is reddish brown externally and light orange-brown inside. It has a tough and
    fibrous fracture, and a spicy pungent taste. It is mostly found in asia and europian countries.

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