Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya; introduced into 75 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Thailand, Chiang Mai
18.831167, 98.8895
Location Remarks
Doi Suthep Pui National Park. Doi Pui Nature Trail. 1669 m elev.
Collectors
Jacinto (Jack) C. Regalado, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Voradol Chamchumroon, Martin W. Callmander, Nikhom Ritphet, S. Sirimongkol
Notes
Culms ca. 5-8 dm.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Zingiberaceae
Genus
Hedychium
Authorship
J.Koenig