Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Hedychium spicatum
Scientific Name and Description
Hedychium spicatum Sm.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Gandasulium spicatum (Sm.) Kuntze
Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe
Hedychium trilobum Wall. ex Roscoe
Hedychium flavescens Lodd. ex Lindl. 1852, illegitimate homonym, not Carey ex Roscoe 1824
Hedychium album Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Hedychium sieboldii Wall.
Hedychium spicatum var. acuminatum (Roscoe) Wall.
Hedychium spicatum var. trilobum (Wall. ex Roscoe) Wall.
Hedychium tavoyanum Horan.
Gandasulium sieboldii (Wall.) Kuntze
Hedychium spicatum var. khasianum C.B.Clarke ex Baker in J.D.Hooker
Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe
Hedychium trilobum Wall. ex Roscoe
Hedychium flavescens Lodd. ex Lindl. 1852, illegitimate homonym, not Carey ex Roscoe 1824
Hedychium album Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Hedychium sieboldii Wall.
Hedychium spicatum var. acuminatum (Roscoe) Wall.
Hedychium spicatum var. trilobum (Wall. ex Roscoe) Wall.
Hedychium tavoyanum Horan.
Gandasulium sieboldii (Wall.) Kuntze
Hedychium spicatum var. khasianum C.B.Clarke ex Baker in J.D.Hooker
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Kapoor,bagldu, gandhapalashi, kachor, kafur-kachri, kapurakachari, kapurkachri, kapurkachur, selru, sitruti |
| Sanskrit | Shvāsahara श्वसहर, Gandhavāha गंधवाहा, amlaharidra, amlanisha, durva, gandapatari, gandasati, gandha, gandhamuli, gandhamulika, gandhapalashi, gandhapalasi, gandharika, gandhasati, gandhavadhu, gandholi, haimi, haridracchadana, himaja, himodbhava, jimutamula, kachhora, karbura, karchura, karpura, karpurakachali, ndhori, prithupalashika, prthupalasika, samudra, sathi, sati, saumya, shadugrantha, shathi, shati, shedwa, sugandha, sugandhamula, sugandhasati, suvata, tuni |
| Marathi | Kapur Kachri कपूर कचरी, kapoorakachari, kapurakachari, kapurkachur, seer, sonatakka, sutthee, vilaayithi kachhar |
| Bengali | Kapur Kachur কাপুর কাচুর |
| English | abir |
| Kannada | gandha saathi, gandhashati |
| Tamil | cimai kiccilikkilanku, malai inci, shimai-kich-chilik-kishangu, shimai-kich-chilik-kizhangu, simaikkichilikkilhangu |
| Telugu | sima-kich-chili-gaddalu |
| Tibetan | zur pa dkar po |
| Urdu | kapurakachari |
| Common names | Spiked Ginger Lily, Clustered Ginger Lily, perfume ginger. |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Rhizome
Ethnopharmacology use
Hedychium spicatum Sm. Herb Rhizome, root - - Chopda and Mahajan 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Hedychium spicatum. (2021, July 30). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedychium_spicatum