Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pankha phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gamochilus speciosus T.Lestib. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 341 (1841).
Hedychium gardnerianum var. fasciatum K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1867(App. 1): 5 (1867).
Hedychium gardnerianum var. pallidum (Regel) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 230 (1892).
Hedychium pallidum Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 23 (1856).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawler	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker-Gawler	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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