EPPO Global Database

Costus afer(CQTAF)

Overview
Code created in: 2019-04-09

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CQTAF
  • Preferred name: Costus afer
  • Authority: Ker Gawler

Notes

Tropical Africa. Cultivated as an ornamental and medicinal plant


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Costus megalobractea Schumann

Common names
Name Language
bush cane English
ginger lily English
spiral ginger English
gingembre spirale French
gengibre-espiral Portuguese