Boesenbergia rotunda- Chinese Keys or Finger ginger

Other Names:

Finger Root, Temu Kunci (Indo), Krachai (Thai) 

Description:

• A tropical perennial plant with thick fleshy rootlets is widely used in cooking in Thailand and Indonesia for its aromatic spicy flavour.
• Grows to 60 to 90cm
• Flowers during summer and in winter will lose all their foliage

Taste:

• Can be eaten raw in salads, added to soups and curries, and made into pickles

Care Instructions: 

• Likes a tropical or subtropical climate, or in cooler climates warm protected positions in a temperate climate. You could also keep it in a pot and bring it indoors in frost areas
• Can be grown in full sun, but does better in semi-shaded 
• Clumping
• Moist well-drained soil

Plant Size:

• 1 plant similar to photo - 

Shipping: 

Deciduous - In winter your plant will be rhizome only :)

In summer foliage will be trimmed for more efficient postage. 

All items are posted on a Monday Express post, with Australia Post. If Monday is a public holiday they will be sent the Tuesday or the following Monday depending on the destination. We aim to deliver healthy and happy plants :)

No post to  WA, NT and TAS due to quarantine restrictions and biosecurity