Sun Kyaamaraa / Yellow Ginger Lily
Hedychium flavescens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- July-September
How to identify Sun Kyaamaraa
Identify Sun Kyaamaraa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Zingiberaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sun Kyaamaraa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hedychium flavescens
- Genus
- Hedychium
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Shaded areas in moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Manipur, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-September
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Zingiberaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sun Kyaamaraa itself; the rest are typical of the Zingiberaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯇꯈꯦꯜꯂꯩ ꯍꯉꯥꯝꯄꯥꯜ Takhellei hangampal
- Nepali
- सुन क्यामरा Sun Kyaamaraa
About Sun Kyaamaraa
A member of the Zingiberaceae family, Yellow Ginger Lily (Hedychium flavescens) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 4 other states. It grows in shaded areas in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to September.
Zingiberaceae
Ginger family
Sun Kyaamaraa belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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