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Accession Data:

Hedychium coronarium Koen.

  • Common Name: Butterfly Ginger
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley

  • Country of Origin: tropical southeastern Asia

  • Description: Pseudostems 1--3 m. Leaves petiole or a stigma, when the style is absent.">sessile; ligule 2--3 cm, membranous; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 20--40 × 4.5--8 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially finely pubescent or thinly hairy, base acute, apex long acuminate. Spikes ellipsoid, 10--20 × 4--8 cm; bracts imbricate, ovate, 4.5--5 × 2.5--4 cm, 2- or 3-flowered. Flowers white, fragrant. Calyx ca. 4 cm, split on 1 side. Corolla tube ca. 8 cm, slender; lobes lanceolate, ca. 5 cm, central one spatulate, apex mucronate. Lateral staminodes oblong-lanceolate, ca. 5 cm. Labellum white, pale yellow at base, obcordate, 4--6 × 4--6 cm, apex 2-cleft. Filament ca. 3 cm; anther ca. 1.5 cm. Ovary sericeous. Fl. Aug--Dec. 2 n = 34.3
  • Culture: Can be maintained evergreen with light watering in winter, though technically still dormant (no growth). May lose foliage if allowed to dry completely, but this is not mandatory.
  • USDA Zone: 8b-12

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500385
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1203 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-03-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae
  • SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
  • Tribe: Zingibereae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
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2015
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2008

References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Taiwan / Assam / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 05, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 05, 2016.
  3. Hedychium coronarium at Flora of China. Last accessed Friday, 21 December 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:12:18 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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