Food Forest Plants
Food Forest Plants
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I like all the gingers the look, the taste just everything and I want to grow them all! This redback ginger has it all: it looks tropical, is native, the roots are yummy and the leaves can be used as a natural wrapper. I can’t wait to taste the berries! Redback ginger is native to the Atherton Tablelands near Cairns.
Redback ginger can be grown indoors as it is suited to low-light situations.
Native Redback Ginger (Alpinia caerulea) is a versatile Australian bushfood plant. Several parts can be used in the kitchen, each offering a slightly different flavour and purpose.
Leaves: The large, aromatic leaves make excellent natural food wrappers and can be used instead of aluminium foil for wrapping fish, meat and vegetables before steaming, baking or cooking over a fire. They help keep food moist while imparting a gentle flavour and aroma.
Rhizomes: The underground rhizomes have a mild ginger-like flavour, although they are less pungent and more earthy and resinous than culinary ginger. They can be sliced, grated or infused into savoury dishes, curries, teas and broths. They are also used in ginger beer, fermented drinks, jams, marmalades, sweets and other preserves.
Young shoots: The tender new shoots and leaf bases have a mild ginger flavour and can be used as a vegetable, particularly in stir-fries and other cooked dishes.
Fruits: The attractive bright-blue berries contain a small amount of edible, tangy flesh with a lemony, ginger-like flavour. The seeds should not be eaten or swallowed.
Redback ginger can grow to about 2 meters by 1 meter and is quite ornamental. It likes shade or at least semi-shade. Redback ginger can be grown in a big pot or even indoors!
It should survive light frosts and grow back from the rhizomes; it is suitable for warm temperate and subtropical climates.
Native redback ginger prefers constantly moist soil and mulch. Cut back to the ground if it looks untidy. This ginger does not like wind-exposed sites.
The plants are supplied in a forestry tube.
Disclaimer:
We love plants as much as you do! All plants sold by Food Forest Plants are intended for ornamental, educational, or gardening purposes. Some may have traditional culinary or medicinal uses, but we cannot give medical advice—please consult a qualified professional before consuming or using any plant. We take great care in labelling, but mistakes can happen. Food Forest Plants is not responsible for any illness, injury, or other effects from using, handling, or consuming plants. Use at your own risk.
I like all the gingers the look, the taste just everything and I want to grow them all! This redback ginger has it all: it looks tropical, is native, the roots are yummy and the leaves can be used as a natural wrapper. I can’t wait to taste the berries! Redback ginger is native to the Atherton Tablelands near Cairns.
Redback ginger can be grown indoors as it is suited to low-light situations.
Native Redback Ginger (Alpinia caerulea) is a versatile Australian bushfood plant. Several parts can be used in the kitchen, each offering a slightly different flavour and purpose.
Leaves: The large, aromatic leaves make excellent natural food wrappers and can be used instead of aluminium foil for wrapping fish, meat and vegetables before steaming, baking or cooking over a fire. They help keep food moist while imparting a gentle flavour and aroma.
Rhizomes: The underground rhizomes have a mild ginger-like flavour, although they are less pungent and more earthy and resinous than culinary ginger. They can be sliced, grated or infused into savoury dishes, curries, teas and broths. They are also used in ginger beer, fermented drinks, jams, marmalades, sweets and other preserves.
Young shoots: The tender new shoots and leaf bases have a mild ginger flavour and can be used as a vegetable, particularly in stir-fries and other cooked dishes.
Fruits: The attractive bright-blue berries contain a small amount of edible, tangy flesh with a lemony, ginger-like flavour. The seeds should not be eaten or swallowed.
Redback ginger can grow to about 2 meters by 1 meter and is quite ornamental. It likes shade or at least semi-shade. Redback ginger can be grown in a big pot or even indoors!
It should survive light frosts and grow back from the rhizomes; it is suitable for warm temperate and subtropical climates.
Native redback ginger prefers constantly moist soil and mulch. Cut back to the ground if it looks untidy. This ginger does not like wind-exposed sites.
The plants are supplied in a forestry tube.
Disclaimer:
We love plants as much as you do! All plants sold by Food Forest Plants are intended for ornamental, educational, or gardening purposes. Some may have traditional culinary or medicinal uses, but we cannot give medical advice—please consult a qualified professional before consuming or using any plant. We take great care in labelling, but mistakes can happen. Food Forest Plants is not responsible for any illness, injury, or other effects from using, handling, or consuming plants. Use at your own risk.