Ginger lily is a plant native to Asia, such as the Himalayas and Southern China, and has been introduced to Europe, North and South America, Oceania, and Africa. It is possible that this plant is also native to Indonesia. The community in Maluku utilizes it as a medicinal plant (for tonsillitis and neck swelling). Gandasuli is also used as a good paper material, an ornamental plant, and an ingredient in cosmetics such as perfume and skin moisturizer.

It thrives in moist areas with humid temperatures, ranging between 10 to 38ºC. Gandasuli flourishes in a tropical climate, both in the lowlands up to an altitude of 2,500 m a.s.l., with sufficient sunlight and moderate rainfall.

• Root: Rhizome (rootstock), aromatic.

• Stem: Strong, unbranched, reddish at the lower part of the stem, covered by leaf sheaths.

• Leaves: Large, lanceolate (lance-shaped), hairy on the upper side.

• Flowers: Compound (inflorescence), white color, and fragrant. The protective leaf (bract) is ovate, the tip is tufted (berumbai), the corolla tube is round cylindrical, and the stigma (putik) emerges above the anthers (kepala sari).

• Ovary (Bakal buah): Round cylindrical, hairy, with cone-shaped honey glands.

• Plant propagation uses rhizomes and seeds.

It treats headache, cold (pilek), tonsillitis, indigestion (dyspepsia), irregular menstruation (menstrual irregularities), postpartum fever (demam nifas), rheumatism, body aches and stiffness (pegal linu), contusions/swelling (luka terpukul), fights cancer cells, and possesses antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial activities.

Alkaloids, flavonoids, quinones, saponins, steroids, triterpenoids, phenolics, phenols, tannins, cardiac glycosides, diterpenoids, essential oils, and coronaririn C.