Plant height1-1.5m; The rhizome is white and slightly fragrant. Leaf blade lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 25-35 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, with a tail tip at the top and a tapering base, and the back of the leaf is extremely fluffy to hairless; The petiole is 0.8- 1.2 cm long; Ligule 2-lobed, membranous, 4-7 mm long, with brown stripes. Total pedicel 1-5-2 cm (or sometimes longer), covered with 2-3 scales; Inflorescence nearly ovoid, bracts red, broadly ovoid or elliptic, 3.5-5 cm long, sparsely pilose; Calyx 5 cm long, membranous; Corolla tube is white, 4-6 cm long, lobes oblong-lanceolate, 3-3.5 cm long, white or yellowish, with purple-brown stripes; Lip obovate, 3 cm long, 2.6 cm wide, light purple, lateral lobes about 5 mm long; Filaments are extremely short, anther chamber is lanceolate, 65438 0.5 cm long, connective appendage is beaked, 65438 0.5 cm long. The capsule is 3.5 cm long and splits into 3 petals when it matures. The endocarp is red. The seeds are black and have white arils. Flowering: July-September; Fruit: September-165438+1October.
Aromatic oil can be extracted from roots and used as the essence of low-grade soap.
You can also look at He Zi, whose scientific name is Qihe.