| Monocotyledon | Literature for Hedychium gardnerianum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Zingiberaceae -- The Ginger Family | Bibliography |
| Hedychium gardnerianum | |
Common name(s): ginger lily, `awapuhi kahili, kahili, kahili ginger |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to the Himalayas and adjacent regions, cultivated in the tropics.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Coarse herbs with leafy shoots 1-2 m tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves ovate-elliptic, 20-45 cm long, 10-15 cm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent along midrib on lower surface, apex short-acuminate, petioles 1-2 cm long, ligules membranous, 1.5-3 cm long, entire or very shallowly 2-lobed, glabrate, sheaths glabrous or glabrate. |
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| Flowers |
Inflorescences erect, cylindrical, 16-30(-45) cm long, primary bracts widely spaced, ovate-elliptic, spreading or obliquely ascending, enfolding the cincinni, much shorter than the floral tube, 3-5 cm long, glabrous, rachis glabrous, exposed, cincinni 2-flowered; calyx cylindrical, 3-lobed, 3-3.5 cm long; corolla yellow, the tube longer than the primary bract, 5-5.5 cm long, the lobes greenish yellow, linear, 3.5-5 cm long; labellum centrally tinged orange, 2.5-3 cm long; stamen bright reddish orange, far exceeding labellum, ca. 6.5 cm long; lateral staminodes yellow, ca. 3 cm long; ovary glabrous. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules oblong, ca. 1.5 cm long, the valves orange within. |
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| Seeds |
Seed red, 5-6 mm long. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 34, 54 |
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