#order_Musales__Musales  tropical plants
  supertype:  plant_order__plantorder  the order of plants
  member of:  subclass_Commelinidae
  member:  family_Cannaceae__Cannaceae  coextensive with the genus Canna
     member:  genus_Canna  type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lilylike herbs of New World tropics
        member:  canna  any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
  member:  family_Marantaceae__Marantaceae__arrowroot_family__arrowrootfamily  tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
     member:  genus_Maranta  herbs of tropical America
        member:  maranta  any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
  member:  family_Musaceae__Musaceae__banana_family  treelike tropical Asian herbs
     member:  genus_Musa__Musa  type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
        member:  banana_tree__banana  any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
     member:  genus_Ensete__Ensete  Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
        member:  Abyssinian_banana__Ethiopian_banana__Ensete_ventricosum__Musa_ensete  large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
  member:  family_Strelitziaceae__Strelitziaceae__strelitzia_family  woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
     member:  genus_Strelitzia__Strelitzia  small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
        member:  Strelitzia_reginae__bird_of_paradise  ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
     member:  genus_Ravenala  woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
        member:  traveler's_tree__traveller's_tree__traveller'stree__ravenala__Ravenala_madagascariensis  giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers
  member:  family_Zingiberaceae__Zingiberaceae__ginger_family  a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
     member:  genus_Zingiber__Zingiber  tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
        member:  ginger  perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
     member:  genus_Curcuma__Curcuma  tropical Asiatic perennial herbs
        member:  Curcuma_longa__turmeric__Curcuma_domestica  widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
     member:  genus_Alpinia__Alpinia__genus_Zerumbet__genus_Languas  perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
        member:  galangal__Alpinia_galanga  southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots
        member:  lesser_galangal__Alpinia_officinarum__Alpinia_officinalis  Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of rose-veined white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
        member:  red_ginger__redginger__Alpinia_purpurata  an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands
        member:  shell_ginger__shellginger__shellflower__Alpinia_Zerumbet__Alpinia_speciosa__Languas_speciosa  cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes
     member:  genus_Aframomum__Aframomum  an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
        member:  grains_of_paradise__Guinea_grains__Guinea_pepper__melagueta_pepper__melaguetapepper__Aframomum_melegueta  West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
     member:  genus_Elettaria__Elettaria  cardamom
        member:  cardamom__cardamon__Elettaria_cardamomum  rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning

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