Costus guanaiensis
Costaceae FAMILY

Costus guanaiensis

Costus guanaiensis

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Costus+guanaiensis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands — Acevedo-Rodríguez P. & Strong M.T. (Editors) · Smithsonian Institution; Washington. · 2005 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0097-1618 ↩︎A treatment of the monocots and gymnosperms growing in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.