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Botanical Description page for GingersRus plant database number " 3597 ".

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Costus dubius

Costus dubius (Afzel.) K.Schum.

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Photo# 15199 Specimen# R0 Costus dubius tagged dallachyi at NTBG 77-059001

Photo# 15198 Specimen# R0 Costus dubius tagged dallachyi at NTBG 77-059001

Photo# 15220 Specimen# R0 Costus dubius compared to Costus maculatus

Photo# 15197 Specimen# R2614 Costus dubius as sold in US

Photo# 15196 Specimen# R2614 Costus dubius as sold in US

Photo# 15195 Specimen# R2614 Costus dubius as sold in US - ligule

Photo# 15219 Specimen# R2614 Costus dubius as sold in US - note one flower per bract

Photo# 15194 Specimen# R0 Costus dubius at Marie Selby Gardens

BOTANICAL NAME: Costus dubius
SUBGENUS:Costus
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PRIMARY SOURCE USED FOR DESCRIPTION:Lock - Flora of Tropical East Africa, 1985
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NOTES AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:Description from Lock and Polhill, Flora of Tropical East Africa. Note that Lock says Koechlin's Costus albus is syn. for Costus dubius.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION:Moist places at forest edges, 750-1250 m, through forest zone of tropical Africa westward to Sierra Leone - Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda
HEIGHT:1 to 3 meters

Botanical Description for this Species
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Plant Part	General	Color	Hairs	Texture	Shape	Length	Width
Rhizome						0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Sheath			glabrous	sulcate		0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 mm
Ligule			glabrous	coriaceous		7 to 10 mm	0 to 0 mm
Petiole						7 to 20 mm	0 to 0 mm
Leaf					elliptic	24 to 36 cm	6 to 9 cm
...upper			ciliate margin toward apex	somewhat succulent
...under			midrib appressed pubescent, otherwise glabrous
...base					cuneate
...apex					acuminate	0 to 0 mm
Inflorescence	Basal - on separate leafless shoot					0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Bract		green with purple markings, darker margins			obtuse	2.5 to 3.5 cm	1.5 to 0.0 cm
Appendage						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Bracteole		pale green, glossy			boat, thickened toward apex	2.0 to 2.5 cm	1.0 to 1.5 cm
Flower	single flower per bract	white w/ yellow center				0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Calyx		pale green	glabrous	fleshy	urceoate, 3 lobed	1.2 to 1.5 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Corolla	tube 1.5 cm, hairy inside	white, semi transparent			slightly hooded at apex	2.0 to 2.5 cm	0.8 to 1.0 cm
Labellum	anther 7-8 mm long	white, central lemon yellow mark		thin, waivy margin	triangular, funnel shaped	2.5 to 0.0 cm	2.0 to 0.0 cm
Stamen					petaloid, eliptic, obtuse	2.0 to 2.5 cm	1.0 to 0.0 cm

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