FLORA OF VIETNAM
Zingiberaceae
Hedychium stenopetalum Lodd.
(Det. Ms Jill Cowley 19 11 2002 RBG KEW)

N. Vietnam, Ha Giang, along road between Quan Ba and Yen Minh towns.
Swampy open place among secondary shrubs on alluvial shale slope along
road at elev. about 600 m a.s.l. Terrestrial forb up to 1.5 m hg.
Flowers fine smelled, white, with yellowish spot at the middle of
central tepal. Very common.

NTH 3277 04 Oct. 1999

Collectors: N.T. Hiep, N.Q. Binh, L. Averyanov, P. Cribb.