EPPO Global Database

Hedychium coronarium(HEYCO)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-11-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: HEYCO
  • Preferred name: Hedychium coronarium
  • Authority: König

Notes

Himalayas, India, Indochina (except Laos, Cambodia), China (southern, including Taiwan). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malesia (Malaya, Java, Philippines), Korea, southern Africa, Madagascar, USA (Florida), Mexico, Caribbean, Guyana to Ecuador, eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina), Australia (Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Hedychium hypoleucum Hooker
Hedychium spicatum Buchanan-Hamilton ex Smith
Hedychium sulphureum Wallich

Common names
Name Language
butterfly ginger English
butterfly lily English
garland flower English
garland lily English
ginger-lily English
kahili ginger English
salmon butterfly ginger English
white ginger lily English
Kronenkranzblume German
Schmetterlingsblume German
weiße Hedychie German
longouze French
dulce nieve Spanish (MX)
jazmín cimarrón Spanish (MX)
jazmín del rio Spanish (MX)
mariposa Spanish (MX)
perlas de Orient Spanish (GT)
vlindergember Dutch
borboleta Portuguese (BR)
cardamomo-do-mato Portuguese (BR)
escalda-mão Portuguese (BR)
laços-de-amor Portuguese
laços-de-cavalheiro Portuguese
lágrima-de-moça Portuguese (BR)
lágrima-de-venus Portuguese (BR)
lírio-do-brejo Portuguese (BR)
napoleão Portuguese (BR)
olímpia Portuguese (BR)
jiāng huā Chinese
姜花 Chinese
꽃 생 강 Korean
kkot saeng gang Korean