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 Hedychium thyrsiforme Sm.

Family	:	Zingiberaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	June–September
Distribution	:	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India
Endemic/exotic	:	Exotic
Uses	:	Ornamental
Key botanical characters: Rhizome 2.8–3.2 cm wide, white internally, hyaline at margins, slightly aromatic, covered by brown scales.  Leafy shoot 58–88 cm high. Leaves sessile; lamina 29–41 x 8–11.1 cm, elliptic, dark green and glabrous above, pale green and densely sericeous below, veins raised after regular intervals; margin highly undulate, membranous. Inflorescence 8.5–12 cm long, conical-cylindrical, erect; peduncle 5–6 cm wide, pubescent, green. Bracts 2.8–3 x 1.1–1.5 cm, elliptic, green, glabrous, hairy only at the tip, moderately coriaceous, non-imbricate, convolute, reflexed back, basal 2 empty, navicular; cincinnus 2 or 3-flowered. Flower 10–10.2 (8.2–8.5) cm long, white with spreading stamen, spreading, many flowers open at a time.