Amomum dallachyi

F. Muell.

Native Ginger, Green Ginger, Prickly Ginger

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit, Rhizome, Root

The fruit flesh, rhizome, and root are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland and rainforest foothills. It needs plenty of water. It does best in shade. It is damaged by frost.

Asia, Australia*,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A ginger family herb up to 4 m high. It forms spreading clumps. The leaves are simple and up to 30-43 cm long and 5 cm wide. They reduce in size up the stem. The flowers are 2-5 cm long by 2 cm wide. They are yellow. They are on a short underground spike among a head of bracts at the base of the plant. The fruit are individual capsules 15-30 mm across in clusters at the base of the plant. They are round and split into 3 lobes. There are numerous seeds inside. They are black. The flesh of the fruit is edible.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown by seed or by division of the rhizome.

Wikipedia

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Amomum dallachyi, commonly known as a green ginger, is a plant in the ginger family that is native to Queensland, Australia.

Notes

There are about 150 Amomum species. They are mostly tropical.

Names & Synonyms

Cardamomum dallachyi (F. Muell.) Kuntze

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