

Hedychium spicatum Sm.
Family: Zingiberaceae
Common name: Spiked Ginger Lily
Assamese : Katuri, Sati
Bengali : Shati, Kachri
Hindi: Sandharlika संधार्लिका, Kapur kachri कपूर कचरी
Gujrati : Kapurkachri, Kapurkachali
Kannada : Goul Kachora, Seenakachora, Kachora
Kashmiri : Kapoorkachara
Malayalam : Katcholam, Katchooram
Marathi : Kapurakachari, Gablakachari
Oriya : Gandhasunthi
Punjabi : Kachur, Kachoor
Manipuri: Takhellei
Mandarin: Cao Guo Yao 草果药
Telugu: కచ్చూరాలు kachuralu, Gandha Kachuralu
Tamil: Seemai Kichchili Kizhangu, Poolankizangu
Japanese: サンナ Sanna
Sanskrit: Gandhapalashi, Gandha sathi, Sandharlika, Sathi, Gandhamulika
Ayurvedic uses: Sula, Svasa,, Chardi, Kasa, Kandu, Mukharoga. Rhizome—carminative, spasmolytic, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antiemetic, antidiarrhoeal, analgesic, expectorant, antiasthmatic, emmenagogue, hypoglycaemic, hypotensive, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, insectrepellent.
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