naturalizedZingiberaceae
Alpinia purpurata
Red Ginger
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Alpinia purpurata, red ginger, also called ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top.
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Seasonality
51 flowering · 0 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak January)■ fruiting (peak January)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
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Where documented · 108 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 299 records
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 51 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 25 · GBIF 19 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 25 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 24 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 8 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 11 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 8 ✓
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Halepuaʻa, Kanekiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 3
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohonu · MauiiNat 3
Waikapū · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Palauea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Peahi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Niumalu · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Hāmākuapoko · MauiGBIF 2
Puʻuhaoa · MauiGBIF 2
Kaʻakaʻaniu · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 2
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Waipouli · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1
Keōpukaʻuʻuku · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Paunau · MauiiNat 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honolua · MauiiNat 1
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiiNat 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Puaʻa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pīlaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honohina · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 1
Olowalu · MauiGBIF 1
Kalalau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaunala · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kīpū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wainaku · HawaiʻiGBIF 1