Picture gallery of gingers
The young leaf of Etlingera brevilabrum has conspicuous purple patches. Etlingera velutina from Sabah, Borneo.
The young leaf of Etlingera brevilabrum has conspicuous purple patches. Etlingera velutina from Sabah, Borneo.
Etlingera littoralis from Sabah, Borneo. Etlingera elatior from Long Mio, Sabah, with Stephen Padan.
Etlingera megalocheilos from Sabah, Borneo. Etlingera elatior from Long Mio, Sabah, with Stephen Padan.
Etlingera elatior. The Iban boy, Sean, admiring Etlingera nasuta, Sarawak, Borneo
Etlingera elatior. The inflorescence is edible and tastes wonderful in fish soup. The Iban boy, Sean, admiring
Etlingera nasuta, Sarawak, Borneo
Etlingera elatior. photo
E. venusta - a very attractive ginger from Peninsular Malaysia
(photographed in the garden of Alan Carle, Australia).
Etlingera solaris was first described from Java by Blume in 1827, has one of the largest fruits of any species of Etlingera. The fruit is edible.