Zingiberaceae

Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.

Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Hedychium

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Hedychium coccineum (Hedychium coccineum) — Photo: alessandradalia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 紅姜花, 红姜花
Finnish: Tulituoksuinkivääri

Synonyms

Hedychium angustifolium Roxb.
Hedychium aurantiacum Roscoe
Hedychium coccineum var. angustifolium (Roxb.) Baker
Hedychium coccineum var. squarrosum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.) Baker
Hedychium longifolium Roscoe
Hedychium squarrosum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.

Photos

Photo: alessandradalia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Karlostachys, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Eli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stephanie Tran, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.