Costus spectabilis K.Schum.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Costaceae > Costus

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a ring of 4 almost round fleshy leaves. The flowers are orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Rocky savannah; black soil in Oxytenanthera thicket with Combretum-Terminalia woodland; in shade on sandy soil in open Combretum-Terminalia or Isoberlinia woodland; elsewhere in seasonal grassland; often around termitaria; among rocks; 150-1,850 m.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Costus spectabilis world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796384-1
WFO ID wfo-0000363618
COL ID YWWF
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cadalvena pistiifolia Cadalvena spectabilis Costus pistiifolius Costus spectabilis Cadalvena dalzielii Kaempferia spectabilis