Hedychium aurantiacum Roscoe

 
  • Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
    (Ginger Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gandasulium angustifolium Kuntze; Gandasulium coccineum (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Kuntze; Hedychium angustifolium Roxb. ex Ker-Gawl.; Hedychium coccineum var. angustifolium Baker; Hedychium carneum G.Lodd.; Hedychium coccineum var. carneum (G.Lodd.) Baker; Hedychium coccineum var. longifolium (Roscoe) Baker; Hedychium coccineum var. roscoei Wall. ex Baker; Hedychium coccineum var. squarrosum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.) Baker; Hedychium longifolium Roscoe; Hedychium roscoei Wall. ex Roscoe; Hedychium squarrosum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
  • Common name : Orange Ginger lily, Orange ginger
  • Vernacular name :
    • Takhellei angangba (Manipuri)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Shrubberies, Open slopes
  • Comments / notes : Flowers very showy, bright orange-red.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 409
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 175
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hedychium aurantiacum. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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