White garland lily

Hedychium coronarium (white garland-lily or white ginger lily) is a perennialflowering plant in the Zingiberaceae(ginger) family, native to the Eastern Himalayas region of India (Sikkim), Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, through northernmost Myanmar and Thailand, southern China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong) to Taiwan in the East.In its native environment flowering occurs between August and December.

In China it is cultivated for use in medicine and production of aromatic oil, due to the strong characteristic fragrance of the flowers, said to be reminiscent of jasmine.

coronarium is the national flower of Cuba, where it is known as mariposa(literally "butterfly") due to its shape.

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