Hornstedtia scyphifera, commonly called walking ginger, is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. Its growth form is like a tiny banyan, growing horizontally as it grows prop roots approximately long down to the ground as the plant lengthens.
Three varieties are accepted: H. s. var. scyphifera H. s. var. fusiformis H. s. var. grandis
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