Plant Details

Accepted name:: Costus elegans Veitch ex J.Dix [Costaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
costus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
japanese costus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
javanese spiral ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiāng yè huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kostus jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pacing hias	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
róng yè bì qiào jiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setawar hijau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setawar hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setawar jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spiral flag	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spiral ginger	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
step ladder plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
姜叶花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
榕叶闭鞘姜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, tuber		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Costus malortieanus H.Wendl. Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 19: 30 (1863).
Pyxa malortieana (H.Wendl.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 113 (2009), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Costus malortieanus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Costus malortieanus H.Wendl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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