Hedychium gardnerianum: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawler is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Gamochilus speciosus T. Lestib., Hedychium gardnerianum Griff., Hedychium gardnerianum Wall. ex Spreng., Hedychium gardnerianum Ker Gawl., Hedychium gardnerianum Roscoe, Hedychium gardnerianum var. pallidum (Regel) Baker, Hedychium pallidum Regel) (named for the English colonial governmental officer Hon. Edward Gardner (b. 1784), 1817 resident in Nepal at Court of Rajah at Katmandu, sent mosses to W.J. Hooker and plants to N. Wallich.
References regarding Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawler for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Bot. Reg. (1824)
· Monandrian Plants of the Order Scitamineae (1824)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1827)
· Not. Pl. Asiat. (1851)
· Flora of the British India (1892)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Kitanpang, Kahili, Kahili ginger, 'awapuhi kahili, Butterfly lily, Ginger lily, Pankha-phul, Pankhaa-phool, Sun-kewaraa, Sun-kewara.
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