Plant Details

Accepted name:

Hedychium spicatum Sm. [Zingiberaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cao guo yao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ekangi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gablakachari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gandha kachuralu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gandhamūlikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gandhasunthi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
goul kachora	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachoor	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachora	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachur	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kantapalci	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kapoor kachri	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kapoorkachara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kapur kachri	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kapurakachari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kapurkachali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kapurkachri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karpura kacchali	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
katcholam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
katchooram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
katuri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kichili kizongu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pankha phul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
poolankizangu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
saisya	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sandharlika	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sanna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sati	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seenakachora	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seta sara	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shati	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spiked ginger lily	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spiked ginger-lily	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
takhellei	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tariya	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tu liang jiang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
śathī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
śaṭī (rhizome)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	sliced, dried rhizome	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 47 (1824).
Gandasulium sieboldii (Wall.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 690 (1891).
Gandasulium spicatum (Sm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 690 (1891).
Hedychium album Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 325 (1853).
Hedychium flavescens Lodd. ex Lindl. J. Hort. Soc. London 7: 281 (1852), nom. illeg.
Hedychium sieboldii Wall. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 371 (1853).
Hedychium spicatum var. acuminatum (Roscoe) Wall. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 328 (1853).
Hedychium spicatum var. khasianum C.B.Clarke ex Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 227 (1892).
Hedychium spicatum var. trilobum (Wall. ex Roscoe) Wall. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 328 (1853).
Hedychium tavoyanum Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 26 (1862).
Hedychium trilobum Wall. ex Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 48 (1826).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Hedychium spicatum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham. ex Smith	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hedychium spicatum Ham. ex Smith	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hedychium spicatum Sm.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Hedychium spicatum Smith	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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