Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details

Costus is the wonderful world of spiral ginger. Its bright green foliage spirals around bamboo like stalks giving yhe name of this species. Costus productus produces a short cylindrical red cone with long lasting orange flowers emerging one at a time and used as a cut flower. Very impressive!

Costus productus comes from Peru.

Costus productus has edible flowers and with its sweet, subtle fragrance and flavour makes an ideal garnish for salads.

We currently have 1 herbarium specimens for Costus productus in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.

• 015822 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1994