Non scientific name details for bush cane - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

bush cane

2 Accepted name(s) for "bush cane":

Accepted name
Costus afer Ker Gawl.
Flagellaria indica L.

3 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)	Costus afer Ker Gawl.	Costus afer Ker Gawl.	Costus afer Ker Gawl.
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)	Costus afer Ker	Costus afer Ker Gawl.	Costus afer Ker Gawl.		stem, rhizome
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Flagellaria indica Linn.	Flagellaria indica L.	Flagellaria indica L.		fruits, leaves, flowers, shoots, stems, rhizome

15 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "bush cane":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
costus	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
fia ipqueté	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
flagellaria	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gingembre spirale	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ginger lily	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
kakizuwa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mbritem	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
okpete	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
rotan bini	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rotan dini	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rotan tikus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spiral ginger	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
supplejack	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tete-egun	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
whip vine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)