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Species
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe
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Global Distribution
India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Malappuram, Wayanad, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Sichuan [India, Nepal].
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E. Himalaya.
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1200-2000 m
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Pseudostems 1--2 m. Leaves sessile; leaf sheath slightly pubescent; ligule 3--5 cm, membranous; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, 20--50 × 4--10 cm, abaxially pubescent, base attenuate, margin membranous, apex caudate-acuminate. Spikes oblong, 15--20 × 3--6 cm; bracts imbricate, oblong to ovate, 3--4.5 × 2--4 cm, concave, 4- or 5-flowered; bracteoles tubular, membranous. Flowers yellow or yellow-white, fragrant. Calyx 3.5--4 cm, split on 1 side, apical margin entire. Corolla tube 7--8.5 cm, slender; lobes linear, 3--3.5 cm. Lateral staminodes wider than corolla lobes. Labellum erect, creamy yellow with an orange patch at base, obcordate, longer than wide, apex 2-lobed. Filament subequaling labellum. Ovary hairy. Stigma funnelform, margin bearded. Fl. Jul--Sep. 2 n = 34.
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"Stem to 1.5 m high, robust, densely clumped. Leaves 40-50 x 8 cm, lanceolate, acuminate at apex, glabrous above; ligule acute, sparsely hairy. Spike 17 x 11 cm, ovoid; bracts 5 x 2.5 cm, closely imbricating. Flowers 2-6 in each bracts; calyx 4.5 cm long, split along one side; corolla tube 8 cm long, narrow, lobes linear oblong, 4 cm long, glabrous, filaments 5 cm long, narrow, anther 18 mm long, curved; lip 6 x 6 cm, lobes emarginate, sulphur yellow; lateral staminodes 5-6 x 2 cm, glabrous."
Hedychium emeiense Z. Y. Zhu; H. panzhuum Z. Y. Zhu.
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Shady areas in moist deciduous forests
Forests; 500--800 m.
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Flowering and fruiting: August-September