Solved House plant ID

Asking for a friend:

 

Could be an ornamental ginger (Curcuma).

 

I'd go along with possible ginger of some kind.
Can you give a root a scrape?

 

Would it smell of ginger? It's not my plant so will pass this question on.

 

The leaves do look like my outdoor ginger plants, thinking of 'Tara'.

 

A mild smell may be.

 

Ginger, Cardamom and Tumeric leaves are similar and do have slightly aromatic leaves so it could be one of them but not usually sold or grown as a house plant

 

I've just had a silly thought
Its not a light starved Canna is it.

 

I was just looking at the photo thinking the exact same thing....great minds an' all that, or fools never differ maybe

 

Thanks for the replies. My friend now remembers it is Curcuma. He saw it growing in Florida where it looked wonderful and decided to try it!