Zingiberaceae
Wild ginger
Alpinia caerulea
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Alpinia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- خولنجان سماوي
- arz
- خولنجان سماوى
- Chinese
- 蓝果山姜
- English
- Wild ginger, Common ginger, Native ginger
- Japanese
- ワイルドジンジャー
Synonyms
- Hellenia caerulea R.Br.
Photos
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Patricia Lilas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tara Stirling, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: djack_3, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matthew Wilkins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gerard Sadaya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.