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Alpinia officinarum Hance
Lesser galangal

Alpinia officinarum
Copyright by: Franz Eugen Köhler, 1897 (copyright expired)

Family: Zingiberaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: China; cultivated elsewhere.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Alpinia officinarum
Copyright by: Franz Eugen Köhler, 1897 (copyright expired)