Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cautleya spicata (Sm.) Baker
Common name : Spiked Shade Ginger, Chinese Butterfly Ginger, Hardy Shade Ginger
Vernacular name : Gagleto (Nepali)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Shrubberies, rocks; sometimes epiphytic
Comments / notes : Seed black and encircled in a white aril
Key identification features : Leaves broad. Bract red, as long as the calyx
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
Sikkim : Sikkim
Himachal Pradesh : Shimla district
Native : Himalaya to China (Yunnan).
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 409; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 279