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Hedychium ellipticum
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Synonym
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Gandasulium ellipticum (Buch-. Ham. ex Sm) Kunth |
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae |
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Local
name |
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Rock Butterfly Lily |
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Flowering
and fruiting period |
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June–September |
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Distribution |
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Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, China |
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Endemic/exotic |
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Exotic |
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Uses |
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Ornamental |
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Key botanical characters: Rhizome 2.3–3.2 cm wide, creamy
white internally, slightly aromatic. Leafy shoot 79–90 cm high, erect,
robust. Leaves or petiolate; lamina 31–34 x 10.4–11 cm, elliptic, dark green
above, pale green, glabrous on both sides; margin highly undulate, membranous.
Inflorescence 6–8 cm long, eliiptic, dense, erect. Bracts 3.1–3.2 x 1–1.2 cm,
elliptic, green, pale green towards base, glabrous, coriaceous, imbricate;
cincinnus 1-flowered. Flower 13.4–14 cm long, white with red stamen, turn to
pale yellow on second day, many flowers open at a time, ascending, fragrant. |
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