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 Hedychium villosum Wall.

Family	:	Zingiberaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	December–April
Distribution	:	India, Myanmar and Bangladesh
Endemic/exotic	:	Endemic
Uses	:	Ornamental
Key botanical characters: Epiphytic. Leafy shoots 60–90 cm high, erect, slender. Leaves sessile;  lamina 14–20 x 3.7–4.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, dark green and glabrous above, pale green and puberulent below; ligule 1.8–2.1 x 0.7–0.8 cm, single-lobed, oblong, membranous, puberulent externally, tip acute; midrib pubescent below; tip long acuminate; base obtuse; margin non-ciliate, translucent, white tinged. Inflorescence 16.5–33 cm long, erect or drooping, lax, cylindrical. Bract 1.2–1.4 x 0.4–0.5 cm, one on each flower, convolute, elliptic, boat-shaped, brown, non-tubular, more or less leathery, densely hairy externally, hairs brown; margin non-ciliate; cincinnus 2–3 -flowered. Flower 4.7–5.2 cm long, pale yellow, highly fragrant, many open at a time.