Zingiberaceae
Shellplant
Alpinia zerumbet
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Alpinia
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Common names
By language (16)
- ami
- Lengac
- Arabic
- خولنجان مموه
- Cantonese
- 艷山薑
- cdo
- Tòng-guōi-niŏh-chéu
- Chinese
- 月桃, 艳山姜, 艷山薑, 垂花山姜, 土砂仁, 箭杆风, 大良姜, 大良薑
- Czech
- Galgán velký
- English
- Shellplant, Pink porcelain lily, Shell ginger, Shell plant
- Finnish
- Isogalangajuuri
- French
- Gingembre coquille
- Japanese
- ゲットウ, サンニン, 月桃
- Malayalam
- മലയിഞ്ചി
- pwn
- Ngat
- Russian
- Альпиния церумбет
- szy
- Lalengac
- tay
- Bsyaw
- Vietnamese
- Riềng đẹp
Synonyms
- Alpinia fimbriata Gagnep.
- Alpinia fluvitialis Hayata
- Alpinia nutans var. longiramosa Gagnep.
- Alpinia schumanniana Valeton
- Alpinia speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) K.Schum.
- Alpinia speciosa var. longiramosa Gagnep.
- Amomum nutans (Andrews) Schult.
- Catimbium nutans (Andrews) T.Lestib.
- Catimbium speciosum (J.C.Wendl.) Holttum
- Costus zerumbet Pers.
- Languas schumanniana (Valeton) Sasaki
- Languas speciosa (J.C.Wendl.) Small
- Renealmia nutans Andrews
- Renealmia spectabilis Rusby
- Zerumbet speciosum J.C.Wendl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Semnoz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Didier Roussel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.