Torch Ginger

Etlingera elatior

"Etlingera elatior" is a species of herbaceous perennial plant. Botanical synonyms include "Nicolaia elatior", "Phaeomeria magnifica", "Nicolaia speciosa", "Phaeomeria speciosa", "Alpinia elatior", "Alpinia magnifica."
Torch Ginger - Etlingera elatior Seen in a garden in Alajuela, Costa Rica (2014). Costa Rica,Etlingera elatior,Geotagged,Spring,Torch Ginger

Appearance

It is known in Indonesian as bunga "kecombrang" or "honje", Malay as "bunga kantan" and Thai as ดาหลา "daalaa". In Thailand it is eaten in a kind of Thai salad preparation.

In Karo, it is known as "asam cekala", and the flower buds, but more importantly the ripe seed pods, which are packed with small black seeds, are an essential ingredient of the Karo version of sayur asam, and are particularly suited to cooking fresh fish.
The Etlingera elatior Found in the Tobago rainforest, thanks to morpheme for the id. Etlingera elatior,Geotagged,Trinidad and Tobago,Winter

Naming

* Alpinia galanga
⤷  Curcuma longa
⤷  Etlingera fulgens
⤷  Etlingera maingayi
⤷  Kaempferia galanga,

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