Asteraceae
Saussurea costus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Saussurea
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- قسط هندي
- arz
- قسط هندى
- azb
- قابیرغالی قالخان اوْتو
- Azerbaijani
- Dolomiaea costus
- Bangla
- কোথ
- Bulgarian
- Ребреста саусюреа
- Cantonese
- 木香, 廣木香, 雲木香
- Chinese
- 云木香, 雲木香, 广木香, 青木香, 廣木香, 云木香*(木香、广木香）, 木香
- Czech
- Chrpovník lopuchový
- Divehi
- ހުއިސުން
- German
- Indische Kostuswurzel, Kostus, Königswurz
- grc
- Κόστος
- Indonesian
- Pucuk
- Japanese
- モッコウ
- Kannada
- ಡೊಲೊಮಿಯಾ ಕಾಸ್ಟಸ್
- ks
- کوٹھ
- mad
- Pocok
- Malayalam
- കൊട്ടം
Synonyms
- Aplotaxis lappa Decne.
- Aucklandia costus Falc.
- Aucklandia lappa Decne.
- Theodorea costus (Falc.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Vinayaraj, 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: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, 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.