shell ginger
A tropical plant (Alpinia zerumbet) with fragrant leaves and showy flowers, native to East Asia. The leaves are sometimes used to wrap food or for herbal tea.
Wrap the rice cake in a shell ginger leaf.
庭に月桃が咲いている。
Shell ginger is blooming in the garden.
The kanji 月 (moon) and 桃 (peach) are used for their phonetic and semantic associations, but the exact derivation of the name is uncertain.