- Family : COSTACEAE
(Costus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KUSHTHA FAMILY (कुष्ठ फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Costaceae
- Synonym(s) : Costus speciosus var. argyrophyllus Wall. ex Baker
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta
- Common name : Costus, Cane-reed, Crepe-ginger, Spiral Ginger
- Vernacular name :
- Piway, Kosht (Marathi)
- Gaigendalia, Gaigobra, Kena, Keuana, Cheki kanda, Keo, Keu kand, Keogab kachya, Koukuka, Kokola (Oria)
- Kust (Hindi)
- Pushkaara (Sanskrit)
- Bomma kachika, Chengalva koshtu, Bogachika (Telugu)
- Chengala koshtha, Naayi kabbu (Kannada)
- Kottam (Tamil)
- Aanakoova, Aanappoo, Channa, Channakoova, Malavayambu, Narumchanna, Nuchanna (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 900m, gregarious by stream banks, shola floor
- Key identification features : Leaves spirally arranged, terminal inflorescence, flowers white
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Collector(s) Name : C.J. Saldanha; Raja K. Swamy, Noel Sebastian
- Collection Date : 7-8-1969, 21-11-2018
- Collection Nos : CJS14442; HJCB-1716
- Collection Locality : Kempuhole, Shiradi Ghat, Hassn district; Peruananthanam, Idukki district, Kerala
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Common throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap, Changlang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Suma
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Herbarium specimen from Peruananthanam, Idukki district, Kerala
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 182-183
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Costus speciosus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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