Costus erythrophyllus Loes.

 
  • Family : COSTACEAE
    (Costus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KUSHTHA FAMILY (कुष्ठ फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COSTACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Costus erythrophyllus Loes.
  • Common name : Blood Red Spiral Costus, Oxblood Ginger
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated
  • Flower, Fruit : April-October
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Malappuram district
  • World Distribution : West South America to North Brazil
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Costus erythrophyllus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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