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Butterfly ginger, butterfly lily, cinnamon jasmine, common ginger lily, garland flower, ginger lily, white ginger

Butterfly ginger, butterfly lily, cinnamon jasmine, common ginger lily, garland flower, ginger lily, white ginger are the common names of Hedychium coronarium J. König. This plant is also known as  dolon chapa in Bangladesh, jiang hua  and tu qiang huo in China, bhod silndi, gulbakaoli, kachhra, phaching, rubiri  in India, hana-shuku-sha in Japan, ganda suli in Malay and ‘awapuhi ke’oke’o in Hawaii. Hedychium coronarium J. König  contains 7-Hydroxyhedychenone, 3,7,4'-Tri-O-methylkaempferol, 1,8-Cineole, Hedychenone, (E)-Nerolidol, Coronarin D, Coronarin D methyl ether, Coronarin E Hedychilactone A, Hedychilactone B, Hedychilactone C, Labda-8(17),13(14)-dien-15,16-olide. Other Scientific Names include: Hedychium coronarium var. baimao Z.Y. Zhu Hedychium coronarium var. chrysoleucum (Hook.) Baker   Hedychium coronarium var. elwesii (Baker) Naik    Hedychium coronarium var. flavescens (Carey ex Roscoe) Baker Hedy...