EPPO Global Database

Costus afer(CQTAF)

Overview
Code created in: 2019-04-09

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CQTAF
  • Preferred name: Costus afer
  • Authority: Ker Gawler

Notes

Tropical Africa. Cultivated as an ornamental and medicinal plant


Common names
Name Language
bush cane English
ginger lily English
spiral ginger English
gingembre spirale French
gengibre-espiral Portuguese