Zingiberaceae
Bitter ginger
Zingiber zerumbet
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Zingiber
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Common names
By language (7)
- ban
- Lempuyang
- Chinese
- 煨姜, 红球姜, 薑花
- English
- Bitter ginger, Shampoo ginger, Pinecone ginger
- Indonesian
- Lempuyang wangi
- Malay
- Pokok Lempoyang
- shn
- ၶိင်ထိူၼ်ႇ
- Vietnamese
- Gừng gió
Synonyms
- Amomum silvestre Poir.
- Amomum spurium (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel.
- Amomum sylvestre Poir.
- Amomum zerumbet L.
- Cardamomum spurium (J.Koenig) Kuntze
- Lampujang majus Medik.
- Zerumbet zingiber T.Lestib.
- Zingiber amaricans Blume
- Zingiber aromaticum Valeton
- Zingiber sylvestre Garsault
- Zingiber truncatum Stokes
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 53 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nick Block, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shelomi Doyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.