Family: Costaceae
Synonym: Costus congestus Rowlee , Costus mexicanus Liebm.
Vernacular name: Painted Spiral Ginger
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Tropical areas, Parks & Gardens
Distribution: Cultivated elsewhere
Flowering and Fruiting: February-April
Key identification features: A perennial herb with spiraling stems, marked bases of sheaths, and tubular yellow flowers with red spots and stripes. The fruit is a capsule, approximately round and may be hairless to densely hairy.
Uses: It is aphrodisiac and able to prevent the hair turning
grey. Its root is anodyne, antibacterial, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac,
carminative, stomachic, tonic and vermifuge.
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