Ginger lily, garland flower, ginger lily, white ginger are the common names for Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham. ex Smith. This plant is also known as Gandasulium sieboldii , Gandasulium spicatum , Hedychium acuminatum , Hedychium album , Hedychium sieboldii , Hedychium spicatum var. acuminatum , Hedychium spicatum var. khasianum , Hedychium spicatum var. spicatum, Hedychium spicatum var. trilobum , Hedychium tavoyanum and Hedychium trilobum .
Other Common Nmes Include:
in China: cao guo yao
in India: abir, aithur, amlaharidra, amlanisha, bagldu, ban haldi, ban-kela, banhaldi, banhaldu, cimai kiccilikkilanku, dudh kenwara, dudh kenwra, durva, gandapatari, gandasati, gandha, gandha saathi, gandha-shati, gandhamuli, gandhamulika, gandhapalashi, gandhapalasi, gandharika, gandhasati, gandhashati, gandhavadhu, gandholi, haimi, haridracchadana, himaja, himodbhava, jangli haldi, jharanbaja, jimutamula, kachari, kachhora, kachor, kachur-kachu, kafur-kachri, kapoor, kapoor kachli, kapoorakachari, kapoorkachali, kapur kachari, kapur kachiri, kapur kachri, kapura kachali, kapurakachari, kapurkachli, kapurkachri, kapurkachur, karbura, karchura, karpur, karpura, karpurakachali, karpurakachari, khor, malai inci, ndhori, prithupalashika, prthupalasika, saduwa, samudra, sara, sapur kachri, saru, sathi, sati, saumya, sedhua, sedua, seer, selru, shadugrantha, shathi, shati, shedwa, sheduri, shimai-kich-chilik-kishangu, shimai-kich-chilik-kizhangu, sima-kich-chili-gaddalu, simaikkichilikkilhangu, sitruti, sutti, shimai-kich-chilik-kishangu, simaikkichilik-kilhangu, sitruti, sonatakka, sugandha, sugandhamula, sugandhasati, sutthee, suvata, takhellei-hanggam-mapan, tuni, van haldi, velati kachur, vilaayithi kachhar, viteise
in Nepal: gaisya, tariya
in Tibetan: zur pa dkar po
in India: abir, aithur, amlaharidra, amlanisha, bagldu, ban haldi, ban-kela, banhaldi, banhaldu, cimai kiccilikkilanku, dudh kenwara, dudh kenwra, durva, gandapatari, gandasati, gandha, gandha saathi, gandha-shati, gandhamuli, gandhamulika, gandhapalashi, gandhapalasi, gandharika, gandhasati, gandhashati, gandhavadhu, gandholi, haimi, haridracchadana, himaja, himodbhava, jangli haldi, jharanbaja, jimutamula, kachari, kachhora, kachor, kachur-kachu, kafur-kachri, kapoor, kapoor kachli, kapoorakachari, kapoorkachali, kapur kachari, kapur kachiri, kapur kachri, kapura kachali, kapurakachari, kapurkachli, kapurkachri, kapurkachur, karbura, karchura, karpur, karpura, karpurakachali, karpurakachari, khor, malai inci, ndhori, prithupalashika, prthupalasika, saduwa, samudra, sara, sapur kachri, saru, sathi, sati, saumya, sedhua, sedua, seer, selru, shadugrantha, shathi, shati, shedwa, sheduri, shimai-kich-chilik-kishangu, shimai-kich-chilik-kizhangu, sima-kich-chili-gaddalu, simaikkichilikkilhangu, sitruti, sutti, shimai-kich-chilik-kishangu, simaikkichilik-kilhangu, sitruti, sonatakka, sugandha, sugandhamula, sugandhasati, sutthee, suvata, takhellei-hanggam-mapan, tuni, van haldi, velati kachur, vilaayithi kachhar, viteise
in Nepal: gaisya, tariya
in Tibetan: zur pa dkar po
Floral Description:
Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; ligule
entire, 1.5--2.5 cm, membranous; leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate,
10--40 × 3--10 cm, glabrous or abaxially sparsely villous along
midvein, base acute, apex acuminate. Spikes to 20 cm, laxly few or
densely many flowered; bracts oblong, 2.5--3 cm, 1-flowered. Flowers
fragrant. Calyx 2.5--3.5 cm, apex 3-toothed, split on 1 side. Corolla
pale yellowish; tube to 8 cm, apex sometimes purplish red; lobes linear,
ca. 2.5 cm, base sometimes purplish red. Lateral staminodes white or
becoming yellow, sometimes purplish red, obovate, apex 2-lobed; lobes
clawed, apex acute. Labellum yellowish, sometimes purplish red. Filament
pale reddish, shorter than labellum. Capsule subglobose, 1.5--2.5 cm in
diam., 3-valved; valves ca. 6-seeded.
Medicinal Properties and Uses:
Stem juice given in case of fever. Rhizomes bitter, pungent, purgative, carminative, stimulant, heating, tonic, blood purifier, used in stomach trouble, dyspepsia, skin lesions, asthma, liver complaints, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, inflammation, snakebite; decoction as eye drop for diseases of the eyes; paste applied on boils. Powdered rootstock and rhizome powder stomachic, carminative, anthelmintic, stimulant, tonic. Rhizome and leaf extracts together given to regulate menstruations and alleviate arthritis. Roots chewed as a relief from the snakebite. Veterinary medicine, rhizome and flower extract given orally in treating food poisoning; root paste given for cough.
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