butterfly ginger

Is Hedychium Coronarium Edible? Butterfly ginger (Hedychium coronarium), also known as white ginger, is a perennial usually grown as an ornamental. … Butterfly ginger, winter-hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 11, also has edible flowers and tubers. Can you eat butterfly ginger root? Many of the ornamental varieties are edible