Costaceae
Costus phyllocephalus
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Costus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- قسط بنفسجي
- Chinese
- 乌班吉闭鞘姜
Synonyms
- Costus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand
- Costus fissiligulatus Gagnep.
- Costus fissiligulatus var. fissiligulatus
- Costus fissiligulatus var. major Gagnep.
- Costus foliaceus Lock & A.D.Poulsen
- Costus nudicaulis Baker
- Costus nudicaulis var. pilosa Gagnep.
- Costus ubangiensis Gagnep.
- Costus violaceus Koechlin
Photos
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.