One of the most popular varieties is Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata,' often known as shell ginger. Native to Eastern Asia but making itself at home in the milder zones of the Bay Area, this ...

There is another shell ginger cultivar, Alpinia zerumbet ‘variegata,’ which has the same blooms as the green-leafed species, but has leaves that are strikingly variegated with irregular ...

This evergreen ginger (Alpinia zerumbet), from Southeast Asia, is extremely popular. Up to 12 feet tall on sites that are heavily enriched with compost and manure, variegated shell ginger revels ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a nonspecific, chronic and recurrent inflammatory bowel disease. Alpinia plants (Zingiberaceae family) are the ideal materials for finding therapeutic agents against UC.