Costaceae
Canereed
Hellenia speciosa
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Hellenia
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Common names
By language (27)
- ace
- Sitawa
- Arabic
- قسط, قست, قسط بحري
- arz
- قسط
- Assamese
- যম লাখুটি
- azb
- گؤزل کوستوس
- Bangla
- কেও, কুষ্ট, কেউ, কেউমুক, কেওমূল
- Burmese
- ဖလံတောင်ဝှေး
- Chinese
- 闭鞘姜, 絹毛鳶尾, 广商陆, 樟柳头, 水蕉花, 老妈妈拐棍
- English
- Canereed, Crape ginger
- Indonesian
- Pacing tawar
- Japanese
- オオホザキアヤメ
- Javanese
- Pacing
- Kannada
- ಚಂಗಲ ಕೋಷ್ಠ
- mad
- Pacèng
- Malay
- Pokok Setawar Hutan
- Malayalam
- ആനക്കൂവ, Crape Ginger, ചണ്ണകൂവ, ചണ്ണക്കൂവ
- mnw
- သောပ်၊ တၞံ
- nan
- Thó͘-tī-kong-koái, Chúi-chio-hoe, Thó·-tē-kong-koái, Thó·-tī-kong-koái
- Nepali
- बेतलौरी
- Polish
- Kostus wspaniały
- sat
- ᱚᱨᱚᱯ
- Sinhala
- තෙබු
- Sundanese
- Pacing
- Tamil
- வெண்கோட்டம், வெண் கோட்டம், வெண்கோஷ்ட்டம்
- Thai
- เอื้องหมายนา
- Tongan
- Tēvunga muli
- Vietnamese
- Mía dò, Cát lồi, Củ chóc, Tậu chó, Đọt hoàng, Đọt đắng
Synonyms
- Amomum arboreum Lour.
- Amomum hirsutum Lam.
- Banksea speciosa J.Koenig
- Cardamomum arboreum (Lour.) Kuntze
- Cheilocostus potierae (F.Muell.) M.G.Harr. & Zich
- Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht
- Costus angustifolius Ker Gawl.
- Costus argyrophyllus Wall.
- Costus crispiflorus Stokes
- Costus foeniculaceus Noronha
- Costus formosanus Nakai
- Costus formosanus (Nakai) S.S.Ying
- Costus glaber (K.Schum.) Merr.
- Costus glabratus Rchb.
- Costus hirsutus Blume
- Costus lamingtonii F.M.Bailey
- Costus loureiroi Horan.
- Costus nepalensis Roscoe
- Costus potierae F.Muell.
- Costus sericeus Blume
- Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm.
- Costus speciosus var. angustifolius Ker Gawl.
- Costus speciosus var. argyrophyllus Wall. ex Baker
- Costus speciosus var. dilnavaziae M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida
- Costus speciosus var. formosanus (Nakai) S.S.Ying
- Costus speciosus var. glaber K.Schum.
- Costus speciosus var. hirsutus (Blume) K.Schum.
- Costus speciosus var. hirsutus Blume
- Costus speciosus var. leocalyx Nakai
- Costus speciosus var. nipalensis (Roscoe) Baker
- Costus speciosus var. sericeus (Blume) K.Schum.
- Costus spicatus var. pubescens Griseb.
- Costus vaginalis Salisb.
- Hellenia grandiflora Retz.
- Hellenia speciosa var. dilnavaziae (M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida) S.R.Dutta
- Kaempferia speciosa (J.Koenig) Thunb.
- Planera speciosa (J.Koenig) Giseke
- Pyxa speciosa (J.Koenig) M.R.Almeida
- Pyxa speciosa var. dilnavaziae (M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida) M.R.Almeida
- Tsiana speciosa (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel.
Photos
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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.