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Common name:
- Wild Ginger, Bitter Ginger, Sponge Ginger
- Category:
- Shrubs
- Family:
- Zingiberaceae or Ginger family
- Light:
- Sun growing
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Plant Height or length:
- 4 to 6 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 2 to 4 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Indigenous (native to India)
- Plant Description:
- - This plant signifies all things tropical.
- The sponge ginger is a gigantic herb forming clumps of robust, leafy, arching canes over 4 to 5 m high.
- Bears alternate, pointed leaves to 60cm long in 2 ranks.
- The inflorosence is striking. It is borne inside the plant canopy - therefore some cleanup has to be done to expose it.
- Flowers are used in expensive floral decoration. - Growing tips:
- - This is an easy plant to grow - if you have the space for it.
- Can be planted in full sunlight - in coastal areas, in semi shade - in moderate areas and in full shade - in very hot and dry areas.
- Plants require fertile, water retentive soils.
- Give them the space and they will flourish.