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Alpinia purpurata

Kōpī Muramura

Red Ginger

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Red Ginger; German Alpinie, Galgant

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kōpī Muramura (RR), Kaōpī Kura (MG), Kōpuī Muramura (AT), Kaopu‘i Muramura (MK), Kaopui Kutekute (AK); Other Polynesian - Teuila (TON), Teuila (SAM), Opuhi Uteute (TAH0

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ?Indonesia - Solomons - New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

KEY FEATURES: Coarse herb to 3m. Bracts red or pink; Fl uncommon, inner perianth segments white

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+++
+++
++
+
-
P
-
-

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.)
SYNONYMS: Guillainia purpurata

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); ZINGIBERIDAE; Zingiberales; ZINGIBERACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.1618 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.260 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.55 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.923 Tropica
p.1/211 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.34 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.371c Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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