Category: Costus

Costus mosaicus W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1887: 10 (1887); . Zaïre as per POWO; . SK 3547 06 June 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : Cultivated This is similar to Costus mosaicus (Costaceae) Thank you … I was thinking about Costus sp.     . […]

Costus curvibracteatus Maas, Acta Bot. Neerl. 24: 473 1975 publ. 1976. ; Nicaragua to Colombia as per WCSP; Colombia; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Panama as per Catalogue of Life;   SK1695 03 Jan 2019 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 5 Mb.  Location : Sentosa , Singapore Date : 18 October 2012 Altitude  131 […]

Costus erythrophyllus Loes., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 707 1929. (syn: Brazil North; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru as per Catalogue of Life;   Costus erythrophyllus :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 05 MAY 18 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 1 image Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane Date: May 5, 2018 … Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) […]

Costus malortieanus H.Wendl., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 19: 30 1863. (Syn: Costus elegans Petersen; Pyxa malortieana (H.Wendl.) M.R.Almeida [Invalid]); . Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Honduras; Nicaragua; Puerto Rico as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Stepladder Ginger . Costus woodsonii FOR VALIDATION :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 01 MAY 18 : 4 posts by 2 […]

Costus woodsonii Maas, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 8: 101 1972. ; . Common name: Red Button Ginger . C. America to Colombia as per WCSP; . Costus woodsonii Maas (accepted name) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Altitude: 180 ft. Date: 26 February 2017 it is correct Costus woodsonii :: TMC Biodiversity […]

Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 11 1788. (syn: Alpinia spicata Jacq.; Amomum petiolatum Lam.; Costus conicus Stokes [Illegitimate]; Costus cylindricus Jacq.; Costus micranthus Gagnep.; Costus quartus Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]);   Image by Alka Khare (ID by Prabhu Kumar K.M.) & Aarti S. Khale  (Id by J.M.Garg & M. Sabu)   Costus […]

Costus comosus var. bakeri (K.Schum.) Maas, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 8: 85 1972. (syn: Costus bakeri K.Schum.); . S. Mexico to Ecuador: Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá as per POWO; , IND 13 8/7/14 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Can you please ID this medicinal plant with pinkish-red flowers. […]

Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum., Pflanzenr. IV, 46: 409 1904. (Syn: Costus albus A.Chev. ex Koechlin; Costus edulis De Wild. & T.Durand; Costus trachyphyllus K.Schum.; Costus zechii K.Schum.; Zingiber dubium Afzel.);   Image by Indrerjeet Sethi (ID by M. Sabu)   fruits and vegetables: Pls help in the identification. This picture was taken in Coorg on 17th […]

Costus pictus D.Don, Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1594 1833. (Syn. Costus congestus Rowlee; Costus mexicanus Liebm.); . Painted Spiral Ginger, Spotted Spiral Ginger;  . Requesting the name of the leaf and tree : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 4 authors. I saw a person collecting the leaves of this small shrub saying this is […]