Zingiberaceae
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Hedychium
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Common names
By language (26)
- ban
- Mandasuli
- Bangla
- দোলনচাঁপা
- Cantonese
- 白蝴蝶花
- Chinese
- 姜花, 穗花山奈, 薑花, 姜花果实, 白草果, 草果藥, 蝴蝶花, 路边姜
- English
- White garland-lily
- Esperanto
- Blanka papilifloro
- Gujarati
- ગુલબંકાવલી, ખુંપુઈ
- Hebrew
- מריפוסה לבנה
- Hindi
- गुलबकावली
- Indonesian
- Gandasuli
- Japanese
- ハナシュクシャ, ジンジャーリリー、ガーランドリリー, ハナシャクシュ
- Javanese
- Gondosuli
- Kannada
- ಸೌಗಂಧಿಕಾ ಪುಷ್ಪ
- Malay
- Gandasuli
- Malayalam
- കല്യാണസൗഗന്ധികം
- Marathi
- सोनटक्का
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Haustingefær
- pam
- Camia
- Persian
- هدیکیوم کوروناریوم, سوسن زنجبیلی سفید, هدیچیوم کوروناریوم
- Portuguese
- Lírio-do-brejo
- Spanish
- Flor mariposa, Gandasulium coronarium, Gandasulium lingulatum
- Sundanese
- Gandasoli
- szy
- Nipaluma-tayu
- Thai
- มหาหงส์
- Tongan
- Teuila
- ty
- ’ōpuhi mou’a
Synonyms
- Amomum filiforme W.Hunter ex Ridl.
- Hedychium album Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Hedychium chrysoleucum Hook.
- Hedychium coronarium var. baimao Z.Y.Zhu
- Hedychium coronarium var. chrysoleucum (Hook.) Baker
- Hedychium coronarium var. maximum (Roscoe) Eichler
- Hedychium gandasulium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Hedychium lingulatum Hassk.
- Hedychium prophetae Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Kaempferia hedychium Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 782 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 國立臺灣博物館, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: liriodobrejoufscar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: liriodobrejoufscar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: liriodobrejoufscar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.