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Hedychium coronarium - Butterfly ginger lily
Hedychium coronarium is the National Flower of Cuba, where it is known as mariposa (literally "butterfly") due to its shape. Women used to adorn themselves with these fragrant flowers in Spanish colonial times; because of the intricate structure of the inflorescence, women hid and carried secret messages important to the independence cause under it.[1] The plant has become wild in the cool rainy mountains in Sierra del Rosario, Pinar del Rio Province in the west, Escambray Mountains in the center of the island, and in Sierra Maestra in the very west of it.
Contents
Uses
febrifuge, pain in the chest and arms, tonsillitis, infected nostrils, abdominal complaint, stiff and sore joints.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Three new labdane-type diterpenes 1-3, named coronarins G-I as well as seven known 4-10, coronarin D, coronarin D methyl ether, hedyforrestin C, (E)-nerolidol, β-sitosterol, daucosterol, and stigmasterol were isolated[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Suruli Sugandhi |
| Hindi | Dolan champa |
| Malayalam | Elipoochedihankitam, Chantikantam |
| Tamil | Chankitam, Chantikantam |
| Telugu | Kichchiligadda |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | |
| English | Butterfly Ginger Lily |
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| sharp-pointed | lance-shaped | 8-24 in long and 2-5 in wide and arranged in 2 neat ranks that run the length of the stem |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisexual | 6-12 in long | white | 5 | flowers are like Showy, Fragrant |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome | clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown | With hooked hairs | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Plants are not very hardy, they tolerate temperatures down to about -2°c[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Tropical, Subtropical, Moist places along streams, forest edges, Along the banks of river.
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- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat febrifuge
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat pain in the chest and arms
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat tonsillitis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat infected nostrils
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat abdominal complaint
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat stiff and sore joints
- Herbs with Young buds used in medicine
- Herbs with flowers used in medicine
- Herbs with Root used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - perennial herb
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by By clump
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Subtropical
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Moist places along streams
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of forest edges
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Along the banks of river
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