Hedychium coronarium Garland flower Common

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Hedychium coronarium

Scientific Name and Description

Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig

Herb Family

Zingiberaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Amomum filiforme Hunter ex Ridl.
Gandasulium coronarium (J.Koenig) Kuntze
Gandasulium lingulatum (Hassk.) Kuntze
Hedychium chrysoleucum Hook.
Hedychium gandasulium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Hedychium lingulatum Hassk.
Hedychium maximum Roscoe
Hedychium prophetae Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Comman names	butterfly lily, fragrant garland flower, Indian garland flower, white butterfly ginger lily, white ginger
English	butter lily, butterfly lily
Marathi	son-take
Tamil	cankitam, cantikantam, cantiramulikai, cimaikkiccilikkilanku, kaccolam , kaccoram, kaccuram , kaiccolam, kaiccoram, kantapalaci, karppuraver, kentimulam, kiccili
Telugu	kicciligadda, vasa vasanthi

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Siddha

Herb usable parts

Flowers

References

Literature

DICTIONARY OF TREES AND PLANTS VOL-1 Author - MUNIVER P. MADHAVAN AND MUNIVER H.CHITHIRAPUTHIRAN

A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh

Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa

Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh

THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW

Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu

The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao

FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Citations

Hedychium coronarium. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedychium_coronarium