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Chamaecostus cuspidatus (Fiery Costus)

Synonyms: Costus cuspidatus (homotypic); Costus igneus; Globba cuspidata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Chamaecostus cuspidatus, common name Fiery Costus or Spiral Flag, is a species of herbaceous plant in the Costaceae family native to eastern Brazil (States of Bahia and Espirito Santo). In India, it is known as insulin plant because of its use in Ayurvedic medicine for its purported anti-diabetic properties.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Herb

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♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0