Tapeinochilos ananassae, also known as backscratcher ginger, torch ginger, or (in Hawaii) Indonesian wax ginger, is an evergreen herb in the family Costaceae described as a species in 1866.Hasskarl, Justus Carl. 1866. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 9: 333Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1899. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 27: 349-350 description in Latin, commentary in GermanTropicos, Tapeinochilos ananassae K. Schum. It is native to New Guinea, the Indonesian province of Maluku, and the Australian state of Queensland. It is a perennial growing up to tall and a spread of up to . The inflorescence is a cylindrical array of stiff, bright red bracts enclosing emergent yellow flowers.
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