Pan India Bouquets

Cautleya spicata (Sm.) Baker

Family : Zingiberaceae
(Ginger Family)
Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
Basionym : Roscoea spicata Sm.
Synonym(s) : Cautleya petiolata Baker; Cautleya robusta Baker
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
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cautleya spicata. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.