| Ruby Ginger |
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| File size | 171403 |
| Original date | 5/31/19 9:43 AM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 4928 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Curcuma rubescens Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Curcuma rubricaulis, Curcuma longiflora
Synonyms: Curcuma rubricaulis, Curcuma longiflora
Ruby Ginger is a beautiful ginger with stems that are
reddish purple in color. Flowers are borne in an upright spike, 12-15 cm
long, 5 cm in diameter,
consisting of overlapping, pale pink, rather rounded bracts, with small
yellow flowers peeping out of them. The flowers protrude beyond the
bracts, lip 1.2 cm in diameter, notched at tip. The leafy plant is 4-5
ft tall, and the leaves are 1-2 feet long, 12-15 cm broad, oblong.
Leaf-stalk is red-brown. Tubers are stalkless, white inside. Ruby
Ginger is found NE India, Bengal to Myanmar.
| Identification credit: Tabish, M. Sabu | Photographed in Lurh tlang, Mizoram. |
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