It thrives in partial shade, grown in moist, fertile soils. Its flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and sunbirds. It grows in damp open places, and is commonly found in lowland forest margins. It has stout rhizomes that creeps horizontally. Each contain numerous black glossy seeds which splits upon maturity. Its fruit are produced in a red woody capsule, 1. Flower emerged in between the bracts, they are white, funnel-like with a yellow centre, measuring 6–8 cm wide. Its flowering spike is dark red, ovoid-oblong in shape between 12–15 cm in height. The stems are reddish, slightly woody at the base. The shortly-stalked foliage are arranged spirally along the long slender stems. Its leaves are lance to oblong in shape, velvety about 15 to 20 cm long. It is a large perennial herb, with stems up to 3 m tall.
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