• Following further classification contributions by botanist W. John Kress, the spiral gingers were recognised as a sister clade to the Zingiberaceae and moved to the family Costaceae, as originally suggested by the Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakai in 1941. (wikipedia.org)
  • My research with the 'spiral gingers' involves utilizing a phylogenetic framework to investigate molecular evolution, floral development, and the historical biogeography of the pan-tropical family Costaceae. (berkeley.edu)
  • Costaceae presently consists of about 95 species which until recently were placed in four genera: Costus, Tapeinochilos, Dimerocostus, and Monocostus. (berkeley.edu)
  • Costus Igneus is commonly known as Insulin Plant, spiral flag, and fiery costus that belongs to the Costaceae family. (moolihai.com)
  • It is a pantropical monocot family Costaceae (Zingiberaceae) approximately 120 species, it also shows recognizable differentiation from families including bananas (Musaceae) and ginger (Zingiberaceae) by it's well developed and sometimes branched aerial shoot with characteristic spiral monistichous (one-sided phyllotaxy) of leaves 10 belonging neotropical radiation bee pollinated ancestors. (ijpsr.com)
  • Costus pictus D Don, belonging to the family Costaceae, commonly called Insulin plant/spiral ginger, is preferred by many in recent days. (eurjanat.com)
  • The Spiral flag, also known as Costus igneus and Costus pictus D. Don, is a Costaceae plant that was recently introduced to India from South and Central America. (thebaghstore.com)
  • Plant acquired from NYBG (#1413/91) as Costus barbatus - no provenance information available. (uconn.edu)
  • Most plants in the trade as Costus barbatus appear to be a form of Costus comosus var. (uconn.edu)
  • Costus barbatus at IUCN Redlist. (uconn.edu)
  • however, this common name is better associated with Costus barbatus, a more widely cultivated and very similar species. (wikipedia.org)
  • Costus pictus is rhizomatous medicinal herb, commonly known as "Insulin plant," well known for its therapeutic properties. (ijpsr.com)
  • Costus pictus is commonly known as fiery Costus, step ladder or spiral flag or Insulin plant native to south and Central America and recently introduced in India for its valuable medicinal properties, oral consumption of leaf daily to cure diabetes and most widely spread across Kerala as an ornamental and daily culinary purpose 1 . (ijpsr.com)
  • The current study was carried out to determine the effect of methanolic leaf extract of Costus pictus D Don on the pancreas of diabetic-induced albino Wistar rats. (eurjanat.com)
  • The presence of hyperchromic islet cells, granulated beta cells, increase in diameter of islets and number of beta cells as observed by histological examination and histo-morphometric analysis revealed the pancreatic beta cell regenerative property of Costus pictus D Don. (eurjanat.com)
  • The Costus woodsonii plant is a great addition to your plant portfolio. (almanacplanting.com)
  • Costus woodsonii prefers moderate to high humidity (above 50% RH) and does well with daily misting. (almanacplanting.com)
  • Avoid placing Costus woodsonii in areas that receive extended periods of strong, direct sunlight. (almanacplanting.com)
  • Costus woodsonii prefer warmer temperatures and will likely die in extended periods of 50 °F weather. (almanacplanting.com)
  • Costus woodsonii should be fertilized on a monthly basis between early spring and mid-fall. (almanacplanting.com)
  • It's often not necessary to trim Costus woodsonii unless there is unsightly damage or if the plant has spindly growth. (almanacplanting.com)
  • Costus woodsonii does not do well rootbound so it's suggested that you repot your plant if its roots begin to crowd its pot. (almanacplanting.com)
  • Seeds from Costus guanaiensis Spiral Ginger is a 6 to 8 foot spectacular plant developing broad sheets green with the yellow edge, reaching 8 inch length and more, by 5 inches across, arranged around the stem in spiral. (georgiavines.com)
  • Spiral ginger is a rhizomatous herbaceous plant. (stuartxchange.org)
  • Costus productus is more common in the ornamental plant trade, but is often incorrectly labelled as C. curvibracteatus. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a member of the genus Costus, the plant, despite its common name, is neither a type of citrus fruit (genus Citrus), a tulip (genus Tulipa) or ginger spice (genus Zingiber). (wikipedia.org)
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  • It is a perennial plant that grows up to 2 feet and has spiral leaves. (moolihai.com)
  • These plants grow to a height of .8-1 meter with a thick green stem that grows in a spiral shape, giving the plant its name Spiral ginger. (greencoverinitiative.com)
  • Spiral flag or Insulin plant a wonder drug for blood sugar treatment is a gift from mother nature. (advehealth.com)
  • The insulin plant is known as a spiral flag or step ladder or fiery Costu s. (advehealth.com)
  • Flowers of the Costus igneus plant help reduce oxidative stress and free radical-mediated diseases. (advehealth.com)
  • Spiral Flag or insulin plant can be grown easily at your home. (advehealth.com)
  • Costus is a beautiful herbaceous plant found growing in the Western Ghats. (totalorganiacs.com)
  • Costus curvibracteatus Maas 1975, commonly called Orange Tulip Ginger, Orange Spiral Ginger or just Spiral Ginger is a perennial, tropical plant, native to the Central American countries Costa Rica and Panama. (orchids-flowers.com)
  • It's necessary to keep track of where your Costus Igneus plant is potted to get the best foliage and keep it growing for as long as possible. (thebaghstore.com)
  • Water your Spiral flag plant when the top inch of the soil seems dry to the touch. (thebaghstore.com)
  • During the winter, you should avoid watering your Spiral flag plant. (thebaghstore.com)
  • Costus pulverulentus , a monocot with a hummingbird pollination syndrome. (berkeley.edu)
  • The article, 'Notes on New World Zingiberaceae', described 12 new species in the genus Costus. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this and other early works, the genus Costus is placed in the family Zingiberaceae, subfamily Costoideae. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus genus Costus along with genera Dimerocostus (2 species), Monocostus (1 species) and Tapeinochilus (20 species) was separated from family Zingiberaceae to the family Costaceae due to fused staminode 7 . (ijpsr.com)
  • It has been separated from Zingiberaceae for its the significant arrangement of leaves, spiral phyllotaxy showy labellum unique character along with easily differentiable characters like essential oils and distichous arrangement of the leaves 1 . (ijpsr.com)
  • Costus curvibracteatus is a tropical rhizomatous perennial native to Costa Rica and Panama. (wikipedia.org)
  • is an evergreen, perennial rhizomatous herbaceous species with slightly spiralled stems. (manzanillosun.com)
  • The first description of Costus curvibracteatus as a species was published by the Dutch botanist Paul Maas in 1976 in the Acta Botanica Neerlandica. (wikipedia.org)
  • Costus lucanusianus , a monocot with a bee pollination syndrome. (berkeley.edu)
  • Costus curvibracteatus is native to Costa Rica and Panama, where it usually grows in the understory of forested montane areas between 700 and 1,900 metres (2,300 and 6,200 ft). (wikipedia.org)
  • Costus curvibracteatus produces abundant nectar in its tubular florets and is pollinated by hummingbirds. (wikipedia.org)
  • Costus curvibracteatus doesn`t tolerate freezing temperatures. (orchids-flowers.com)
  • Rough Ginger, also known as Indian Head Ginger, is one of the "spiral-gingers" of the genus Costus , named for the way that the leaves wrap around the stem. (canopytower.com)
  • The phylogenetic relationship, bio-geographic and pollination history of Costus sub genus by ITS and ETS regions, the sequence data of nuclear ribosomal DNA (18s-26s) shows monophyletic neotropical species radiations, having large, showy flowers visited by a euglossine bee or hummingbird 8 . (ijpsr.com)
  • A member of the spiral ginger family of plants, its common name is orange tulip ginger. (wikipedia.org)
  • Costus igneus is used extensively for ages as an antidiabetic drug in India. (advehealth.com)
  • Stepladder ginger plants are common ornamental plants in Indian gardens because of their broad velvety leaves and spiral stems. (greencoverinitiative.com)
  • Costus plants are known for their medicinal and anti-diabetic properties, according to Ayurveda and traditional herbal medicine. (greencoverinitiative.com)
  • They are glossy and glabrous above, but hirsute on the edges and underside, and alternately arranged on a spiralling stem, which has a diameter about 1.5 to 2.5 cm (0.59 to 0.98 in). (wikipedia.org)
  • Stepladder ginger leaves are spirally arranged along the stem, and looks very ornamental when they curve around in hairpin-like spirals. (greencoverinitiative.com)
  • It has a spiraling shoot, succulent flowers and can be propagated by stem cuttings. (totalorganiacs.com)
  • Tall spiral ginger with attractive roundish jade green leaves with fuzzy underside, and long, hard, waxy 8" to 12" red bracts with small, yellow flowers that peek out as bracts open from bottom up. (ufl.edu)
  • This family forms an easily recognizable clade within the Zingiberales, distinguished from other families in the order by its characteristic one-sided spiral phyllotaxy and its floral design, featuring 5 infertile stamens fused to form a petaloid labellum. (berkeley.edu)
  • Costus is native of tropical areas of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the America 7 . (ijpsr.com)
  • Spiral leafed 6' to 12' with huge 7" to 13" tall deep red inflorescence with large yellow flowers. (uconn.edu)
  • Plenty of spiraling green ginger foliage on tall red stalks. (exoticatropicals.com)
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  • Well-experienced doctors recommend consuming insulin powder (Costus Igneus powder) in liquid form. (moolihai.com)
  • Spiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus. (pfaf.org)