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Blue Ginger
Photo: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
'Blue Ginger'
Alpinia caeulea
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This medium sized
ginger sometimes develops a purplish tinge to the underside of the leaves
(Cooper and Cooper 1994, Nicholson and Nicholson 1996) and may have a slight
lemon scent when crushed (Roberts et al 1995).
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It produces white flower which
are followed by, as the common names suggests, small round blue fruits.
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Once the
crisp flesh is taken off, the flaky white flesh can be eaten and the seeds
sucked, or even chewed for the full strong flavour.
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These fruit
were popular with Indigenous rainforest people(Roberts et al 1995), and they could apparently be
followed by their trail of spat out seeds (Low 1991).
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Aboriginal
people also reportedly
used the leaves for wrapping food during cooking and ate the tips of the
rhizomes that were ginger in taste (Roberts et al 1995, Low 1995, Nicholson and
Nicholson 1996).
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
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