Costaceae

Chamaecostus cuspidatus (Nees & Mart.) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.

Family: Costaceae
Genus: Chamaecostus

Chamaecostus cuspidatus: Costus igneus Originally uploaded on FlickR . — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. HPNadig assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Assamese: ইনচুলিন গছ
Bangla: ইনসুলিন উদ্ভিদ
Malayalam: ഇൻസുലിൻ ചെടി
Persian: کامائکستوس
Sanskrit: Insulin
tcy: ಇನ್ಸುಲಿನ್ ದಯಿ
Telugu: కాస్టస్ ఇగ్నెయస్

Synonyms

Costus cuspidatus (Nees & Mart.) Maas
Costus igneus N.E.Br.
Globba cuspidata Nees & Mart.

Photos

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Photo: Navaneeth Krishnan S, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Navaneeth Krishnan S, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.