The plant most people refer to when using the "lollipop" moniker is Costus woodsonii . It belongs to the family (the spiral ginger family), which is a close relative of the true ginger family ( Zingiberaceae ).
While it is frequently associated with Costus woodsonii , the term "lollipop ginger" is sometimes used colloquially for other species with similar cone-like blooms, such as (shampoo ginger) or Zingiber officinale (common ginger), whose flowering spikes also resemble lollipops. The True "Lollipop": Costus woodsonii lollipop ginger real name
The "lollipop ginger" is most commonly the common name for , a striking tropical plant also widely known as red button ginger or scarlet spiral flag . The plant most people refer to when using
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