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The glossy, banana-tree-like leaves are very typical of the Ginger Family, and so is the colorful, cylindrical flower-spike.Īctually, despite the spike's colorfulness, at this time our Red Gingers bear no flowers.

It really is a kind of ginger, or at least a member of the Ginger Family, the Zingiberaceae. The sap may cause brief, minor skin and eye irritations.Ībove you see a pretty species planted worldwide in the tropics, Red Ginger, sometimes called Ostrich Plume, ALPINIA PURPURATA. All parts of Red Ginger are reported as mildly toxic, causing cardiac effects. Ginger root is produced by Zingiber officinale, which belongs to the same plant family as Red Ginger (the Ginger Family, the Zingiberaceae) but resides in an entirely different genus. NOTE: Red Ginger is not the source of the ginger root used in cooking.