Shell Ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, Zingiberaceae. Aka Light Galangal, Pink Porcelain Lily, Shell Flower, Butterfly Ginger.

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Shell Ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, Zingiberaceae. Aka Light Galangal, Pink Porcelain Lily, Shell Flower, Butterfly Ginger. Native to eastern Asia, China. Its leaves are sold as herbal tea and are also used to flavour noodles and wrap rice cakes. Its tea has hypotensive, diuretic and antiulcerogenic properties.

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Size: 3414px × 5121px
Location: Hazyview, South Africa
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: africa, alpinia, botanical, botany, butterfly, flora, florapix, flower, flowers, galangal, ginger, green, inflorescence, leaf, leaves, light, lily, natural, nature, pink, plant, plants, porcelain, red, shell, south, white, yellow, zerumbet, zingiberaceae