Hedychium coronarium

Hedychium coronarium J.König, Observ. Bot. 3: 73 1783. (Syn: Amomum filiforme Hunter ex Ridl.; Gandasulium coronarium (J.König) Kuntze; Gandasulium lingulatum (Hassk.) Kuntze; Hedychium chrysoleucum Hook.; Hedychium coronarium var. baimao Z.Y. Zhu ..; Hedychium gandasulium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Hedychium lingulatum Hassk.; Hedychium maximum Roscoe; Hedychium prophetae Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Hedychium spicatum Lodd. [Illegitimate]; Hedychium sulphureum Wall. [Invalid]; Kaempferia hedychium Lam. [Illegitimate]);

Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Azores, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Caroline Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is. as per POWO;
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Common name: Butterfly Ginger Lily, White Ginger Lily, Garland Flower • Hindi: दोलन चम्पा Dolan champa, सौगन्धिका पुष्प Saugandhika pushp • Manipuri: ꯂꯣꯛꯂꯩ Loklei • Marathi: Sontaka • Kannada: ಸುರುಳಿ ಸುಗಂಧಿ Suruli Sugandhi • Assamese: Pakhila phul • Tamil: Chankitam, Chantikantam, Chantiramullikai • Oriya: स्वर्ण चम्पा Swarna champa • Tangkhul: Tontairui • Telugu: Kichchiligadda, Vasa Vasanthi • Malayalam: Elipoochedi, സുഗന്ദി Sugandhi, സൌഗന്ദികമ് Saugandhikam • Nepali: दूध केवरा Dudh kewara • Mizo: Ainawnparvar • Urdu: Gul-e bakawali, Gul-e bakawli ﮔﹹﻞﹺ ﺑﲀﻭﻟﯽ

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BUTTERFLY GINGER LILY-200811MN:   Sending photos of Butterfly Ginger lily  growing in our garden.   It
has a nice fragrance.

Botanical name : Hedychium coronarium
Common name : Butterfly ginger lily
Place : Dombivli, Thane Dt.
Date : 19.8.2011

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efloraofindia:”For Id 26092011MR1’’ ?Butterfly Ginger lily Pune: Request for validation

Is this
Scientific Name: Hedychium coronarium
Common Names: White Ginger, White Garland-lily, Butterfly Ginger
Zingiberaceae – Ginger family
is the marathi name Sontakka?

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Yes Mam. this is Hedychium coronarium, one of the threatened medicinal plant in Orissa as per FRLHT, Bangalore.

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Called dolon champa in bengal quite common in end of monsoon here on the east gangatic plains.. so it must be in the western ghats area with  very heavery rains and monson season almost like our own here..

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I forgot to add the flowers have very nice fragrance

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Yes it has nice fragrance and the flower is active in the night as well.

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16102011BS-1 Zingiberaceae member from Ghrounda Eleflorist Nursery for id:
Zingiberaceae member from Ghrounda Eleflorist Nursery for id
The nurseryman said this is small cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
They brought this plant from Kerala.
But i am not much convinced from their id after seeing flowers
pls id this shrub cultivated about 5-6 feet high with white flowers

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Yes Hedychium coronarium

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सोनटक्का

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Hedychium coronarium:
Also posting Hedychium coronarium, or sontaka as a comparison to H.flavescens

Yes, Dolon champa in Bengali…
often planted in gardens… but seems I find it in “wilderness” areas in and around kolkata…

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White ginger lily, (Family: Zingiberaceae):

Aracaceae, Araceae & Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14Aug14: Hedychium coronarium from Kerala : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).

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Excellent photographs

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Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1 Aug to 15 Aug 2014 : Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig (in my homeyard) : SK-24 :  7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4).
This exquisite fragrant beauty is growing in my home yard, photographed couple of hours ago. (10.8.14)

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A very beautiful plant …Good that it is growing in your vicinity…thanks for sharing..

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Thank you Sir, it is and was favourite to my parents.

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These flowers are really beautiful and their sublime fragrance.

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We called Dolon Champa

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Yes, we also call it DOLON-CHAMPA

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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: August 1 to 14, 2014 : Zingiberaceae : Hedychium coronarium : Nasik : AK-22 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
From our Nasik home garden.
White Ginger Lily.

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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Zingiberaceae :: Hedychium coronarium from Konkan, Maharshtra :: ARKAUG-45 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
Attached is a picture of Hedychium coronarium captured at Konkan, Maharshtra in September 2008.

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Yes, locally known as ‘Kalyanasowgandigam’

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Arecaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14 Aug 2014: Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae) from Uttarakhand_DSR_30 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Hedychium coronarium is a common ornamental herb in Pantnagar.

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AAZ Fortnight :: Zingiberaceae :: SMP8 :: Hedychium coronarium white. Pune : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Hedychium coronarium

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Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig (accepted name) : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

Hedychium Coronarium : Butterfly Ginger Lily White : AK – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Sunbird on Hedychium – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Plant for ID from Pachmarhi – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Most fragrant flower- Request ID please 190909 – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Names of flowers in pics – indiantreepix | Google Groups
id please – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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Re: Hedychium coronarium? : 5 posts by 4 authors. 6 images.

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Hedychium coronarium !

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