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Genus:
Hedychium (ginger lilies) Life
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> Family: Zingiberaceae
About 45 species, all native to Asia. There are three species that are
cultivated and which have
become naturalised in southern Africa. An additional species is cultivated
but not naturalised.
All four species are declared
Category 1 invasive plants in South Africa.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Hedychium coronarium
Native from India to Indonesia. |
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Hedychium flavescens
Native to the Himalayas. |
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Hedychium gardnerianum
Native to the Himalayas. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Hedychium coccineum
Native to the Himalayas. |
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