Hedychium CORONARIUM Koenig
| Synonym : | Amomum filiforme Hunter ex Ridl. Gandasulium coronarium (J.Koenig) Kuntze Hedychium chrysoleucum Hook. Hedychium prophetae Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dolon chapa. |
| English Name : | Common ginger lily, Garland flower. |
| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
| Disease : | Fever and anthelmintic. |
| Description : | A tall, rhizomatous herb with leafy stem, up to 1.7 m high. Leaves about 30 cm long, oblong or oblong-lanceolate. Spike 15-30 cm long, compact. Flowers large, white fragrant, corolla tube 7.6 cm long, segments half as long as the tube, staminodes about 5 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, lip broad, shallowly bifid, distinctly clawed. Capsule oblong, orange inside. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated all over the country as an ornamental plant. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant extract contains furanoid diterpene hedychenone (Asolkar et al., 1992). Rhizome contains 0.25% essential oil, which contains eucalyptol. Leaf contains 0.09% essential oil (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1990, Yusuf, 1999). Rhizome also contains about 39% starc |
| Uses : | Decoction of the rhizome is prescribed in fever. In Hawaii, flowers and roots are used in foetid nostrils. Essential oil from rhizome is anthelmintic. Plant extract is anti-inflammatory. |
| Habit : | Herb |