Plant Details

Accepted name:: Costus afer Ker Gawl. [Costaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bush cane	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
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)
gingembre spirale	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ginger lily	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kakizuwa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mbritem	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
minkeni	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mokako	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
okpete	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
spiral ginger	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
spiral-ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tete-egun	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tétregougou	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
stem, rhizome		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Costus deistelii K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 393 (1904).
Costus anomocalyx K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 396 (1904).
Costus bingervillensis A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 627 (1920).
Costus edulis De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 141 (1899).
Costus insularis A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 627 (1920), not validly publ.
Costus megalobractea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 407 (1904).
Costus oblitterans K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 393 (1904).
Costus pterometra K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 394 (1904).
Costus sarmentosus Bojer Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 4: 262 (1835).
Costus subbiflorus K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 394 (1904).
Costus trachyphyllus K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 420 (1892).
Costus ulugurensis K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 396 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Costus afer	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Costus afer Ker	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Costus afer Ker Gawl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Costus afer Ker Gawler	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Costus afer Ker-Gawl.	Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011)
Costus afer Ker-Gawler	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Costus afer Kersting	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Costus afer Ker–Gawl.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Costus deistelii K. Schum.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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