Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta [Costaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aarathi kundige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ai eupou	Other	Med. Pl. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India (Borah et al., 2020)
ai oppo	Other	Med. Pl. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India (Borah et al., 2020)
anakkuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bajraganda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban dai sawan	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
belauri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
belori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
benne kundige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
betlauri	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhangalkoshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bogachchikadumpalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bommakaccika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bommakachchika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bommakachhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bommakachika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bramhatirtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cancamancam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cane-reed	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canereed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cangalakoshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannakkilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannakkuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannakkuvva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikostam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cengalvakoshtu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cetamakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
changal kostha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
changala	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
changala koshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
changalakoshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
changalvakoshtu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
channa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
channak-koova	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
channakkilannu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
channakkuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
channakkuvva	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
channakuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chengalvakoshtu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chenglavaa-koshtu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chikey	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikarappati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikarappatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilatarattinam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirakapali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirakapati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirakapatiakm	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
costus	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
costus élégant	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
crape ginger	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
crepe ginger	Other	CAMs Among Type 2 Diabetes (Medagama et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crepe-ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cát lồi	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
dok uong	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
dòng ɔi	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
elegant costus	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
galoba oetan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gu gi	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa, Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
hullikabbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian spiral ginger	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
itapavanati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaashmeeremu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacumiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashmeera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashmeeramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashmira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashmiramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasmira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasmiramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kebu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kebuka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kebuka (rhizome)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kembu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kembuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kemuaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kemuk	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kemuka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
keol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keoo	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
keu	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevkand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kevukinna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keyu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kimuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koestam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koltan	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
korikattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korikottu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korikuttu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosht	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshtam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
koshtamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshtum	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kostak-kilangu	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
kostam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kottam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kottilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krrauvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kudavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kugaimanjal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukaimancal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kundige gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kupam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuperam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuravam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurutupalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kushthabheda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushthamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kust	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kustha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kutavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutcim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuth	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kutikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttaiyidukki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttapam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttarokovakkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttiyitukki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahalakri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malai vasambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
malaivacampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaivacapancam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaivasambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malay ginger	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
marujanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruncanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marunchanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mia dò	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
mukkili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myonpo - bapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mía dò	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
naagaali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nariccanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narikarambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narikkurampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narumcanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naruncana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narunchana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
onapoovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paaribhavyamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
padma pathra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmakarna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmapatramulira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmapunya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmavarnaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palan-taunghmwe	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
palkostam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paribhavayamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paribhavyamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paripaviyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patimukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paushkara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkurumpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pevaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pewat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pha-lan-taung-hwa	Other	TK of Wild Edible Pl. with Med. Use, Myanmar (Shin et al., 2018)
pi-ch’iao-chiang	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
pillaikkocam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulakkaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulkkaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punakkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkarajata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkaramoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkaramoolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkaramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkaramulaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkaramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkaramulamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkarashifa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkarmoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushkarmula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putkaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qaṣṭ	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
qost-e-shirin	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
quste talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ru-rta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
setawa	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
setawar	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setawar berpusar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setawar halia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setawar hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setawar putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seteng-teng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setengteng	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setenteng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shulaghna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shvasari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sla pangmat	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
spiral flag	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
spiral ginger	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
stengteng	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
su ley bo	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa, Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
subandhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tabar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tabar-tabar	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tawa-tawa	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
tawaga	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tawar	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tawar-tawar	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
teng	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tenge	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
terpimungkhorol	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
tetawar	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
thebu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
tjanakua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toh toi	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa, Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
tomapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjana-kua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjanakua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuttai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ubariyavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ueang chang	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
ueang mai na	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
ueang yai	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
uong bon	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
urpalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vamananitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vana vaasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vappiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vappuyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vayinarutatayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaikkostam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ven kottam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vengottam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkostam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vintiyavacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viranari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virapushkaravhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viyacitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viyappirayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viyappiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viyati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrkisharuha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyaadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white ginger	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
wild ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yachi - bapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zhang liu tou	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
đọt đắng	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
قسط شیرین	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
এই ইউপৌ	Other	Med. Pl. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India (Borah et al., 2020)
এই ওপো	Other	Med. Pl. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India (Borah et al., 2020)
කොල්ටන්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
තෙබු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
樟柳头	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
闭鞘姜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots, stem		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Rhizome		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaves, Rhizome, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Rhizome, Root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves, rhizome, shoots, stem		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		TK of Wild Edible Pl. with Med. Use, Myanmar (Shin et al., 2018)
Stem		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves		CAMs Among Type 2 Diabetes (Medagama et al., 2014)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
leaves, rhizome	fresh leaves, fresh rhizome	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
rhizome, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
stem, rhizome	fresh stem	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
stems, rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Banksea speciosa J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 75 (1783).
Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht Taxon 55: 159 (2006).
Costus sericeus Blume Enum. Pl. Javae: 62 (1827).
Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 249 (1791).
Amomum arboreum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 7 (1790).
Amomum hirsutum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 134 (1791).
Cardamomum arboreum (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 (1891).
Cheilocostus potierae (F.Muell.) M.G.Harr. & Zich Telopea 14: 9 (2012).
Costus angustifolius Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 8: t. 665 (1822).
Costus argyrophyllus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6555 G, H (1832), nom. nud.
Costus crispiflorus Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 75 (1812).
Costus foeniculaceus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 12 (1790), nom. nud.
Costus formosanus Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 199 (1941).
Costus glaber (K.Schum.) Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 246 (1924).
Costus glabratus Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 1: 8 (1829), nom. illeg.
Costus hirsutus Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 61 (1827).
Costus lamingtonii F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J. 3: 160 (1898).
Costus loureiroi Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 38 (1862).
Costus nipalensis Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 80 (1826).
Costus potierae F.Muell. Fragm. 4: 164 (1864).
Costus speciosus var. angustifolius Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 8: t. 665 (1822).
Costus speciosus var. argyrophyllus Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 249 (1892).
Costus speciosus var. dilnavaziae M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 96: 355 (1999).
Costus speciosus var. formosanus (Nakai) S.S.Ying Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 21: 117 (1988).
Costus speciosus var. glaber K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 343 (1899).
Costus speciosus var. hirsutus (Blume) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 343 (1899).
Costus speciosus var. leocalyx Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 197 (1941).
Costus speciosus var. nipalensis (Roscoe) Baker Fl. Brit. India 6: 250 (1892), nom. superfl.
Costus speciosus var. sericeus (Blume) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 343 (1899).
Costus spicatus var. pubescens Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 602 (1864).
Costus vaginalis Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 277 (1812).
Hellenia grandiflora Retz. Observ. Bot. 6: 18 (1791), nom. superfl.
Hellenia speciosa var. dilnavaziae (M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida) S.R.Dutta Pleione 7: 228 (2013).
Kaempferia speciosa (J.Koenig) Thunb. Fl. Jav.: 8 (1825).
Planera speciosa (J.Koenig) Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 244 (1792).
Pyxa speciosa (J.Koenig) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 113 (2009), not validly publ.
Pyxa speciosa var. dilnavaziae (M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 114 (2009), not validly publ.
Tsiana speciosa (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 9 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Banksea speciosa Koen.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cheilocostus speciosus (J. Koenig) C. D. Specht	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cheilocostus speciosus (J. Konig) C. Specht	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C. Specht	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D. Specht Sm.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Med. Pl. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India (Borah et al., 2020) TK of Wild Edible Pl. with Med. Use, Myanmar (Shin et al., 2018)
Coctus speciosus Smith	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Costus sericeous	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Costus sericeus	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Costus speciosa	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Costus specioss (Koen.ExRetz) Sw	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Costus speciosus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) CAMs Among Type 2 Diabetes (Medagama et al., 2014) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Costus speciosus (J. Koenig) Sm	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Costus speciosus (J. Koenig) Sm.	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Costus speciosus (J. Konig ex Retz Smith)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
Costus speciosus (J.Konig) Sm.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Costus speciosus (J.König) Sm.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Costus speciosus (K.D.Koenig) Sm.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Costus speciosus (Koeh.) J.E. Sm. var. speciosus	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa, Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
Costus speciosus (Koen. ex Retz.) Sm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Costus speciosus (Koen.) J.E.Smith	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Costus speciosus (Koen.) Smith	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Costus speciosus (Koenig) J.E.Smith	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Costus speciosus (Koenig) Sm.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Costus speciosus (Koenig) Smith	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Costus speciosus (Koening) Smith.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Costus speciosus (Koerning ex Retz.) Smith.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Costus speciosus (Smith) Koenig	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Costus speciosus J.E.Smith	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
Costus speciosus SMITH	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Costus speciosus Sm.	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
Costus speciosus Smith	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Costus speciosus Smith.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Costus specious	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Costus specious Smith.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hellenia speciosa	Med. Pl. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, India (Borah et al., 2020)
Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) Govaerts	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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