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[[File:800px-Hedychium coronarium2.jpg|thumb|right|''suruli sugandhi'', ''Hedychium coronarium'']]
 '''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|febrifugeFebrifuge}}, {{Uses| Chest pain in the chest and arms}}, {{Uses|tonsillitisTonsillitis}}, {{Uses|infected Infected nostrils}}, {{Uses|abdominal Abdominal complaint}}, {{Uses|stiff and sore Stiff joints}}., {{Uses|Pain in arms}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Young buds}}, {{Parts Used|flowersFlowers}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Suruli Sugandhi|ml=Elipoochedihankitam, Chantikantam|sa=|ta=Chankitam, Chantikantam|te=Kichchiligadda|hi=Dolan champa|en=AgrimonyButterfly Ginger Lily}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Vata===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|perennial Perennial herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|sharpSharp-pointed|lanceLance-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|whiteWhite|5|flowers Flowers are like Showy, Fragrant}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly 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==
==How to plant/cultivate==
Plants are not very hardyVery rarely froms seeds. Rhizome division is the best method. Dig up the clump and divide it with a sharp spade or knife, they tolerate temperatures down to about -2°cmaking sure that each division has a growing shoot. <ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropicalarea}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtropicalarea}}, {{Commonly seen|Moist places along streams}}, {{Commonly seen|forest Forest edges}}, {{Commonly seen|Along the banks of river}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Odermennig008 ginger white.jpg|FlowerFile:Agrimonia eupatoria0203821jfPasong Tamo Creek Linear Park Quezon Cityfvf 01.jpg|BudsBaakWuDipFaa.jpg|At fieldImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004Flower of Hedychium coronarium.0.jpgjpeg|Flower
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22071304 "NCBI article"Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Butterfly%20Ginger%20Lily.html "flowers Flowers of india"Leaves]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hedychium+coronarium "trophical palnts"Cultivation Details]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a521 Hedychium coronarium on missouribotanicalgarden]* [https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/26678 Hedychium coronarium on cabi.org]* [https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/Hedychium_coronarium__(White_Ginger).htm Hedychium coronarium on keys lucidcentral.org]* [https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/hedychium_coronarium.htm Hedychium coronarium on biosecurity queensland edition]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Zingiberaceae]]

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