Mauve Ginger

aethiopicus: of Ethiopia, a historic name for large parts of Africa

Perennial herb Flowers large and showy, produced in successive pairs at ground level, before the leaves appear.Often flowering after fires, when the large mauve flowers make a short but spectacular display on the bare ground.

Locally frequent

Physcaeneura pione (Light-webbed ringlet)

Widespread in tropical Africa and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Siphonochilus aethiopicus is a species of plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Georg August Schweinfurth and received its current name from Brian Laurence Burtt.