Sandharlika / Spiked Ginger Lily
Hedychium spicatum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim & more
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Sandharlika
Identify Sandharlika 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Orange-red blotch on lip.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Punjab and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Zingiberaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sandharlika.
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.
Zingiberaceae
Ginger family
Sandharlika belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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