Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cana de macaco	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cana-brava	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cana-do-brejo	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
caninha-do-brejo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
caña santa	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
cañuela santa	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
spiked spiral flag	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020)
spiked spiral-flag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spiked spiralflag	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vara prieta	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem (inner bark)		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
stem		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alpinia spicata Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 1 (1763).
Amomum petiolatum Lam. Encycl. 1: 136 (1783).
Costus conicus Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 75 (1812), nom. illeg.
Costus cylindricus Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 54 (1806).
Costus micranthus Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50: 586 (1903).
Costus quartus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 26 (1817), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Costus spicatus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Costus spicatus (Jacq.)Nose	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Costus spicatus Sw.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Costus spicatus Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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