Costaceae
Costus spectabilis
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Costus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- قسط منظاري
- Bambara
- Samasen
- Chinese
- 奇丽闭鞘姜
- ff
- Dengere
- kcg
- Kwatak-a̱som
- Persian
- شیپور زرد
Synonyms
- Cadalvena dalzielii C.H.Wright
- Cadalvena pistiifolia (K.Schum.) Baker
- Cadalvena spectabilis Fenzl
- Costus pistiifolius K.Schum.
- Kaempferia spectabilis (Fenzl) Baker
- Kaempferia spectabilis Bentham & H
Photos
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, 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.