Zingiberaceae

Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.

Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Hedychium

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Hedychium spicatum (Hedychium spicatum) — FlowerPhoto: Bala singh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

Chinese: 疏花草果药, 短蕊姜花

Synonyms

Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe
Hedychium cernuum Wight
Hedychium phuluangense Picheans. & Wongsuwan
Hedychium spicatum var. acuminatum (Roscoe) Wall.
Hedychium spicatum var. khasianum C.B.Clarke ex Baker
Hedychium spicatum var. trilobum (Wall. ex Roscoe) Wall.
Hedychium trilobum Wall. ex Roscoe
Hedychium venustum Wight

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Bala singh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Divya Mudappa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meghaa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Subash Jeyan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, 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). About our plant data.