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 Hedychium deceptum N.E. Br.

Synonym	:	Hedychium rubrum A.S. Rao & D.M. Verma
Family	:	Zingiberaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	July-October
Distribution	:	India
Endemic/Exotic	:	Endemic to NE India
Uses	:	Ornamental
Key botanical characters: Rhizomes creamy white inside, slightly aromatic. Leafy shoot cylindric, 1-1.2 m tall. Leaves sessile, lamina lanceolate, deep green above and purple-red beneath, glabrous; ligule 1.5-1. 7 cm long, apex obtuse, pink, pubescent abaxially, closely appressed to the stem. Inflorescence a terminal spike, 8-10.5 cm long. Bracts moderately dense, coriaceous, pubescent externally, deep pink with green at base. Flowers 2 in each bract, 8-8.3 cm long, deep-red.