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| name = ''Zingiber zerumbet''
|familia=Zingiberaceae
| common_names = Awapuhi, Pine-cone ginger, Shampoo ginger
|genus=Zingiber
| growth_habit = herbaceous clump
|species=zerumbet
| high = 6-8ft (1.8-2.4m)
|common_name=Awapuhi, Pine-cone ginger, Shampoo ginger
| wide = 3ft (0.9m)
|habit=bulbous
| origin = [[India]]
|Min ht box=1.5
| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht metric=m
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht box=2
| exposure = sun, part sun
|Max ht metric=m
| water = regular
|Max wd box=1
| features = flowers, fragrance, foliage
|Max wd metric=m
| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
|origin=India
| bloom = late summer
|lifespan=perennial
| usda_zones = 8-12
|exposure=sun, part-sun
| sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|water=moist, moderate
| color = IndianRed
|features=flowers, fragrance, foliage
| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|flower_season=late summer
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|Min Temp Num=-5
| image_caption =    <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|Temp Metric=°C
| regnum = Plantae
|min_zone=9
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
|max_zone=11
| classis = Liliopsida
|image=Zingiber-zerumbet.JPG
| ordo = Zingiberales
|image_width=240
| familia = Zingiberaceae
| genus = Zingiber
| species = zerumbet
}}
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Zingiber zerumbet, Roscoe. Sts. 12-20 in. high, stout, from a tuberous rhizome: lvs. densely aggregated, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute, both surfaces glabrous or scattered pilose beneath, 3 1/2 – 6 x 2 – 2 3/4 in.: spike subglobose, dense, 2 – 3 1/2 in. long; bracts obtuse, pale green, margins pubescent (sometimes, at least when older, red): calyx spathe-like, white; corolla-tube slender, lobes lanceolate, white, lip short, broadly suborbicular or subovate, pale yellow, tinted orange in the center (sometimes red-spotted), lateral lobes short, rotundate. India and Malaya.
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The large inflorescences are shaped like a cone, at first pale green then turning a strong red. Out of these the white with light yellow lip fragrant flowers bloom in late summer. Cut flowers last long. Stalks and leaves are erect and very ornamental.  Dark green shiny leaves are on arching stems. The leaves and stalks are also fragrant.  
The large inflorescences are shaped like a cone, at first pale green then turning a strong red. Out of these the white with light yellow lip fragrant flowers bloom in late summer. Cut flowers last long. Stalks and leaves are erect and very ornamental.  Dark green shiny leaves are on arching stems. The leaves and stalks are also fragrant.  


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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Amomum Zerumbeth Ypey86.jpg| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Zingiber zerumbet1.jpg| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
Image:Zingiber zerumbet2.jpg| photo 3
</gallery>
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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Latest revision as of 22:53, 8 December 2009

 Zingiber zerumbet subsp. var.  Awapuhi, Pine-cone ginger, Shampoo ginger
The query description has an empty condition.: bulbous
Height: ⇕ to
Width: ⇔ to
1.5m2m 1m
Height: ⇕ 1.5 m to 2 m
Width: ⇔ The wikipage input value is empty (e.g. <code>SomeProperty::, [[]]</code>) and therefore it cannot be used as a name or as part of a query condition. to 1 m
The query description has an empty condition.: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ India
Poisonous: ☠
Bloom: ❀ late summer
The query description has an empty condition.: ☼ sun, part-sun
The query description has an empty condition.: ◍ moist, moderate
Features: ✓ flowers, fragrance, foliage
Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place
Minimum Temp: ☃ -5°C
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: ❀
Zingiberaceae > Zingiber zerumbet var. ,




Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Zingiber zerumbet, Roscoe. Sts. 12-20 in. high, stout, from a tuberous rhizome: lvs. densely aggregated, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute, both surfaces glabrous or scattered pilose beneath, 3 1/2 – 6 x 2 – 2 3/4 in.: spike subglobose, dense, 2 – 3 1/2 in. long; bracts obtuse, pale green, margins pubescent (sometimes, at least when older, red): calyx spathe-like, white; corolla-tube slender, lobes lanceolate, white, lip short, broadly suborbicular or subovate, pale yellow, tinted orange in the center (sometimes red-spotted), lateral lobes short, rotundate. India and Malaya.


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The large inflorescences are shaped like a cone, at first pale green then turning a strong red. Out of these the white with light yellow lip fragrant flowers bloom in late summer. Cut flowers last long. Stalks and leaves are erect and very ornamental. Dark green shiny leaves are on arching stems. The leaves and stalks are also fragrant.

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Cultivars

  • 'Variegatum (syns. Zingiber darceyi, Z. 'Darceyi') - leaves have cream stripes. Plants are smaller and more frost sensitive.

Gallery

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