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These are four to five year old lempoyang from our farm.  You can call Suria if you wish to purchase them: Farm manager, Haji Razaly with a bunch of 4 year old lempoyang rhizomes Younger rhizomes (above picture) similar to those sold in the markets are used by us for replanting. Older rhizomes are used by us for health supplementation purposes. Here's a research paper on the anti-inflammatory effect of lempoyang :   http://www.ukm.my/rsenr3/rsenr1/P516-520.pdf   The aqueous extract is as effective as reference NSAIDs....

Wild gingers have lovely flowers seldom seen. Some of the wild gingers planted at our farm are flowering (click on pics for enlarged image). Lovely flower of the temu kunci or fingerroot ( boesenbergia rotunda ) The lempoyang ( zingziber zerumbet ).  The flower is filled with water and have saved many a life in the jungles. Locals use the liquid inside as a shampoo for...