Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 204 (1972)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is S. Japan to Taiwan, S. China to N. Peninsula Malaysia. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Native to:

Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Ascension, Azores, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Leeward Is., New Caledonia, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Solomon Is., St.Helena, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Windward Is.