Hanamyoga (flower ginger) - Hanamyoga (English spelling) Alpinia japonica

Japanese: ハナミョウガ(花茗荷) - ハナミョウガ（英語表記）Alpinia japonica

A perennial plant of the ginger family. It grows in the shade of trees in the mountains in warm areas west of southern Kanto. The underground stem is thickly branched and has scaly leaves. The biennial stem grows obliquely upward and grows in a bundle at a height of about 50 cm. The leaves are oblong and grow to 20-30 cm, with sharp points at both the top and bottom, resembling those of ginger. In May and June, a single stalk emerges from among the previous year's leaves, and a raceme bears three-petaled white flowers. The fleshy fruit ripens red in late autumn, and the numerous white seeds are used as a stomachic.

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Japanese:

ショウガ科の多年草。関東南部以西の暖地の山中の樹陰に生える。地下茎は太く分枝し，鱗片葉がある。茎は二年生で斜上し，高さ 50cmぐらいで束生する。葉は長楕円形で 20～30cmに伸び，上下端ともに鋭くとがってミョウガに似ている。5～6月に，前年の葉の中から茎を1本出し，総状花序に3弁の白花をつける。果実は肉質で晩秋に赤く熟し，多数ある白い種子は健胃剤に用いられる。

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