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Costus foliaceus

Costus foliaceus Lock & A.D.Poulsen

BOTANICAL NAME: Costus foliaceus
SUBGENUS:Costus
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PRIMARY SOURCE USED FOR DESCRIPTION:A. D. Poulsen - Kew Bulletin, 1997
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NOTES AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:Newly described species (1997) in Kew Bulletin, Vol. 52 (3), by A. D. Poulsen and J. M. Lock. Appearance is most similar to C. fissiligulatus. Illustrated there by line drawing and photos.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION:Wet forest in gaps of open vegetation along streams, 1180-1250 m, Uganda.
HEIGHT:0 to 2 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 0 mm
Ligule			glabrous	thin, scarious	biloged, obtuse apices	13 to 25 mm	0 to 0 mm
Petiole						4 to 6 mm	0 to 0 mm
Leaf					elliptic	0 to 30 cm	0 to 7 cm
...upper			glabrous
...under			a few hairs on margin
...base					cunate or rounded
...apex					acuminate	0 to 0 mm
Inflorescence	terminal					0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Bract						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Appendage	progressively smaller to absent at top					0.0 to 9.0 cm	0.0 to 3.5 cm
Bracteole					boat shaped, bifid at apex	2.0 to 0.0 cm	0.7 to 0.0 cm
Flower	one per bract					0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Calyx						2.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Corolla		white				4.0 to 0.0 cm	1.5 to 0.0 cm
Labellum		white, yellow center			broadly obovate, 4 lobed	6.0 to 0.0 cm	4.5 to 0.0 cm
Stamen	anthers 8-9 mm				petaloid, ovate, apex obtuse	3.2 to 0.0 cm	1.0 to 0.0 cm

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