Description
Rhizomatous herbs.
Inflorescences terminal, in panicles of flowered and corym-biform cymes, each with 2 spathes.
Flowers actinomorphic, pedicelled, yellowish to orange.
Stamens free.
Ovary beaked;
Capsules exserted.
Seeds large, globose.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical, Japan
Monotypic, native of China and Japan, cultivated in Malesia and many other countries and sometimes naturalized.
