• Family : Zingiberaceae
  (Ginger Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
• Synonym(s) : Hedychium squarrosum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Gandasulium angustifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
• Common name : Orange Ginger lily, Orange ginger
• Vernacular name : Takhellei angangba (Manipuri)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Shrubberies, Open slopes
• Comments / notes : Flowers very showy, bright orange-red.
• Flower, Fruit : July-August
• Distribution :
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
• Native : Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi)
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 409;
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Hedychium aurantiacum. Downloaded on 10 December 2023.

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