Torch ginger

Japanese: トーチ・ジンジャー(英語表記)torch ginger
Torch ginger
A large perennial plant of the Zingiberaceae family. The rhizome is creeping, and many stems emerge underground. The pseudostem is 3-5 m tall and covered with leaf sheaths, with two rows of entire leaves. The leaves are lanceolate, 30-60 cm long, glossy, dark green on the upper side and reddish brown on the underside. When the plant reaches maturity, a 1-1.5 m flower stalk grows from the base of the plant, and at the end of the stalk grows a fleshy, glossy, shortened, spherical spike-like inflorescence. The bracts are pink-red, and the petals are lanceolate and longer than the calyx, and are red. The margins are yellow. The inflorescence looks like a torch, hence the name torch ginger.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ショウガ科の大型の多年草。根茎は匍匐(ほふく)し,多数の茎を地中にだす。葉鞘(ようしよう)のまきかさなった高さ3~5mの偽茎に,全縁の葉を2列生する。葉は披針形で長さ30~60cm,光沢があり,表は暗緑で裏は赤褐色を帯びる。成株に達すると株もとから1~1.5mの花茎が伸び,その先に肉質の光沢ある球状に短縮した穂状花序をつける。苞は桃赤色,花弁は披針形で萼より長く赤色。縁辺は黄色である。花序の形がたいまつ状に見えるため,トーチ・ジンジャーの名がある。

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