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'''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.
== Uses =={{Uses|febrifuge}}, {{Uses| pain in the chest and arms}}, {{Uses|tonsillitis}}, {{Uses|infected nostrils}}, {{Uses|abdominal complaint}}, {{Uses|stiff and sore joints}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Common 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<ref name=="chemical composition"/>
==Habit=={{Habit|perennial herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|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}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|6-12 in long|white|5|flowers are like Showy, Fragrant}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===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=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Plants are not very hardy, they tolerate temperatures down to about -2°c<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tropical}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtropical}}, {{Commonly seen|Moist places along streams}}, {{Commonly seen|forest edges}}, {{Commonly seen|Along the banks of river}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="useschemical composition">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22071304 "NCBI article"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226161459/http://www.wildflowers-guide.com/39-agrimony.html "wayback machine"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hedychium+coronarium Hedychium coronarium"trophical palnts"]</ref>
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== External Links ==
[[Category:Herbs]]
