- Family : COSTACEAE
(Costus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KUSHTHA FAMILY (कुष्ठ फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Costaceae
- Synonym(s) : Costus speciosus var. dilnavaziae M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht
- 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
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, China, Malaysia, New guinea, Taiwan, Nepal
- 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
- 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 1 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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