Costaceae

Tapeinochilos ananassae (Hassk.) K.Schum.

Family: Costaceae
Genus: Tapeinochilos

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Tapeinochilos ananassae: Species : Tapeinochilos ananassae Family : Zingiberaceae Image No. 4 — Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 菠萝姜
French: Reine de Malaisie, Rose de Malaisie

Synonyms

Costus ananassae Hassk.
Costus pungens Teijsm. & Binn.
Tapeinochilos australis K.Schum.
Tapeinochilos pungens (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq.
Tapeinochilos pungens var. queenslandiae F.M.Bailey
Tapeinochilos pungens var. teysmannianus (Warb.) Valeton
Tapeinochilos queenslandiae (F.M.Bailey) K.Schum.
Tapeinochilos teysmannianus Warb.

Flowers

In flower: January to February, June (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Henggang Cui, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Evert Materman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Norm Herr, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pavel Jakubův, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, 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.