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Large flower spikes at the terminal of long scapes

The original version of this chapter was revised. An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26065-5_23

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Lim, T.K. (2016). Zingiber spectabile . In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26065-5_22

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