Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Costus pictus D.Don

 

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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