Common name
English: Orange gingerlily, Scarlet gingerlily
Mandarin: 红姜花 (hong jiang hua)
Portuguese: Gengibre laranja, Lírio-gengibre-laranja
English: Orange gingerlily, Scarlet gingerlily
Mandarin: 红姜花 (hong jiang hua)
Portuguese: Gengibre laranja, Lírio-gengibre-laranja
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Zingiberales (26)
Family: Zingiberaceae (12)(family description)
Genus: Hedychium (6)
Epithet: coccineum Wall. (1)
Synonyms: Gandasulium angustifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze, Gandasulium coccineum (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) Kuntze, Hedychium angustifolium Roxb., Hedychium aurantiacum Roscoe, Hedychium carneum Roscoe, Hedychium longifolium Roscoe, Hedychium roscoei Wall. ex Roscoe, Hedychium squarrosum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Hedychium squarrosum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
angustifolium => with narrow leaves
aurantiacum => orange-like, orange-coloured
coccineum => scarlet
longifolium => having long leaves
roscoei => William Roscoe (1753-1831), English historian, leading abolitionist and miscellaneous writer
squarrosum => being rough or scurfy
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, orange
Check for Hedychium coccineum at
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