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Costus phyllocephalus

Costus phyllocephalus K.Schum.

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Photo# 11399 Specimen# R0 Costus phyllocephalus at http://club.euronet.be/luc.pauwels/Latham2.htm

BOTANICAL NAME: Costus phyllocephalus
SUBGENUS:Costus
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PRIMARY SOURCE USED FOR DESCRIPTION:Schumann, Das Pflanzenreich, 1904
SECONDARY SOURCES:Flora of Tropical Africa, 1898
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NOTES AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:Short, slender stems, terminal inflo., large ligules, leafy tips (appendages) on bracts, flowers white with rose blush.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION:Lower Guinea, Angola, banks of Quango River.
HEIGHT:0 to 0 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						0 to 0 cm	0 to 5 mm
Ligule						0 to 30 mm	0 to 0 mm
Petiole						0 to 5 mm	0 to 0 mm
Leaf					obovate-oblong to rounded-rhomboid	0 to 47 cm	0 to 6 cm
...upper			glabrous
...under			glabrous
...base					attenuate
...apex					acuminate	0 to 0 mm
Inflorescence	termnal on leafy stem				globose	0 to 0 cm	0 to 5 cm
Bract						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Appendage	YES-bract and appendage together 7 cm long					0.0 to 7.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Bracteole						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Flower						0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Calyx					dentate	0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Corolla	tube 1.5 cm long					0.0 to 4.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Labellum		white and pale rose			curled	0.0 to 5.5 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Stamen						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm

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