Hedychium gardnerianumKahili ginger(reverse side). Grows in nature in the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Kahili ginger is regarded as one the 100 most invasive species in the world by the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group.. It is a serious weed in Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Azores. Some research indicates the villosin, a compound found in H. gardnerianum, may be of use in treatment of small cell lung cancer. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA where it grows as a pot plant.
Native to the Himalayan foothills, widely naturalized in Latin America where it is known as Jenibre Hawaiano. Jardin Etnobotanico, Cuernovaca, Mexico.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/gingers/index.html
Khler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erluterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Khler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303302
Khler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erluterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Khler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303284