Costus lucanusianus
| Habit | herbaceous
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| Height: | ⇕ | 3 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Origin: | ✈ | Guinea to DR Congo |
| Exposure: | ☼ | shade |
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| Water: | ◍ | moist |
| Features: | ✓ | flowers, edible |
| Flower features: | ❀ | purple, white |
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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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By division.
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References
- 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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