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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}}
==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===
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<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 of india Leaves"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hedychium+coronarium "Cultivation Details"]</ref>
</references>
