Hedychium coronarium
- Genus: Hedychium coronarium
- Family: Ginger (Zingerbericeae)
- Chuukese name: Sinser
- English name: White butterfly ginger
- Kosraean name:
- Pohnpeian name: sinser
- Yapese name: kokoris
- Growth form: herb
- Growth location: terrestrial
- Growth environment: Cultivated garden
- Growth zone: Tropical
- Average height:150 cm
- Stem: smooth
- Leaf arrangement: alternate
- Stipule: absent
- Petioles: none
- Leaf blade: linear, 10 to 12 cm long, cuneate, green, smooth
- Inflorescence: spikelet, 6-8 flowers
- Floral bracts: green, 2-4 cm long, funnel form
- Flower: papilionaceous (butterfly), red
- Calyx: none
- Corolla: three petals
- Stamens: three white anther and filament, curved upward
- Ovary: inferior ovary
- Style: white, 2 cm long, stigma: yellow-like color
- Fruit: none
- Seed: none
- Anything: the roots of the plant is being used for different recipes, sweet scent
- Cultural usage: flowers are use for leis, decoration, use for giving scent to a certain
place
Collected by: M. Johnny
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