✿Zingiberaceae · Hedychium
Sandharlika / Spiked Ginger Lily
Hedychium spicatum
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim & more
- Flowering
- July-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hedychium spicatum
- Genus
- Hedychium
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Punjab, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
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 Sandharlika itself; the rest are typical of the Zingiberaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Sandharlika संधार्लिका, Kapur kachri कपूर कचरी, Kapoor Kachri, Van Haldi
- Nepali
- सेतो सरो Seto saro
- Tamil
- பூலங்கிழங்கு
- Telugu
- కచ్చూరాలు
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುಅರಿಸಿನ Kaadu arisina, ಶಟಿ Shati
About Sandharlika
Spiked Ginger Lily (Hedychium spicatum) is a herb in the Zingiberaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and 9 other states. It grows in shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Botanical family
Zingiberaceae
Ginger family
Sandharlika belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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