Costus speciosus or Cheilocostus speciosus or crape ginger is possibly the best known cultivated species of the genus Costus. This plant is native to southeast Asia, especially on the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
Costus igneus N. E. Br.
Genus of about 90 species of mostly clump-forming, rhizomatous perennials with an open, lax habit, found on forest floors in tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and North, Central and South America.
Costus afer - Spiral Ginger
Zingiberaceae
Costus afer is one of 140 species of stout, perennial, rhizomitous herbs of the genus Costus found in the tropics of both hemispheres. Spiral Ginger is native to Africa.
#597 Costus speciosus
Common Names: crepe ginger, Malay ginger
Family: Costaceae (spiral gingers Family)
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Costus speciosus 'Variegatus' Ginger, Wild 'Variegatus'
perennial, easy care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 8a thru 10b ...
Costus are easily distinguished from other commonly cultivated gingers because the leaves spiral around the main stem like a circular stairway. In fact they are called "spiral gingers".
Costus hieroglyphica, Costus mexicanus, Costus congestus
Costaceae
Painted Spiral Ginger ...
6[list]/110: Costus (90). Pantropical, esp. America and Papuasia-Australia (map: Maas 1972). [Photo - Costus © L. Brothers, Dimerocostus © L. Brothers.] ...
Costus - Aplotaxis lappa
Cotyledón - Dudleya cymosa
Cráneo gorra - Scutellaria galericulata
Crásula mayor - Sedum telephium
Cresta de abubilla - Onobrychis viciaefolia
Cresta de gallo - Isoplexis canariensis
Cresta de gallo - Rhinanthus minor ...
Yellow Spiral Ginger [English]: Monocostus uniflorus
Yellow Splash Hosta [English]: Hosta 'Yellow Splash'
Yellow Splash Rim Hosta [English]: Hosta 'Yellow Splash Rim'
Yellow Splash Taro [English]: Colocasia esculenta 'Yellow Splash' ...
cane-reed; crepe- ginger Costus speciosus
canistel; eggfruit tree Pouteria campechiana
canna; poloke; Indian-shot Canna indica
cape bugle-lily Watsonia borbonica
Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris
carrotwood Cupaniopsis anacardioides ...
Costus Amazonicus variegata
A native of Ecuador and Peru, this ginger is grown for its gorgeous foliage and quite remarkable flowersl. The leaves are arranged spirally around the stems in much the same fashion as other costus gingers.
The name Costmary is derived from the Latin costus (an Oriental plant), the root of which is used as a spice and as a preserve, and 'Mary,' in reference to Our Lady.
From laurel fruits, a green semisolid oil (melting point about 30 °C) can be extracted, which contains several percent of essential oil (main comÂponents are two sesquiÂterpenoids, costunol and dehydroÂcostusÂlacton), ...
 See also: Carissa, Asclepias, Portulaca, Bougainvillea Glabra, Agave Attenuata
  
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