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Plant Characteristics
Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	3 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	Guinea to DR Congo

Scientific Names
Costaceae >	Costus >	Lucanusianus >

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Describe the plant here... A semi woody herb with stems to 3 m high bearing a terminal inflorescence of white and purple flowers

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Medicinal and useful plants collected in the Manianga District of the Republic of Zaire, by W.W. Arkinstall,Ethno - Botanique, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1979
The useful plants of West Tropical Africa. Volume 1, by H.M. Burkill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 1985. 2nd Edition. ISBN 094764301X
Plantes consommées en légume au Zaire, by Konda Ku Mbuta, Mbembe Bitengeli, Bavukinina Ngoma, Itufa Y'okolo, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1992
Inventaire et composition chimique des aliments et denrées alimentaires traditionnels du Kwango-Kwilu au Zaïre, by F. Mbemba & J. Remacle, 1992
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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 Describe the plant here...
+A semi woody herb with stems to 3 m high bearing a terminal inflorescence of white and purple flowers
 ==Cultivation==