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Hedychium coronarium - Butterfly ginger lily

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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 due to its shape. 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|Chest pain}}, {{Uses|Tonsillitis}}, {{Uses|Infected nostrils}}, {{Uses|Abdominal complaint}}, {{Uses|Stiff joints}}, {{Uses|Pain in arms}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Young budbuds}}, {{Parts Used|FlowerFlowers}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}
==Chemical Composition==
==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|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtropical area}}, {{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">
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</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22071304 "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 "Cultivation Details"]</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Zingiberaceae]]

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