Botanical name:
Flowering plants. Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.
Costus spiralis Jacq. (Costoe)
Engl.: spiral flag, spiral ginger.
Bot. syn.: Alpinia spiralis Jacq.
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