Summary description from Wikipedia:

Costus scaber in languages:

Chinese

紅頭閉鞘薑

Chinese

麟甲薑

English

Indian head ginger

German

Kostwurz

Portuguese

Cana-de-macaco

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Parent Taxon

• Costus

Sibling Taxa

• Costus acanthocephalus
• Costus acreanus
• Costus acutissimus
• Costus adolphi-friderici
• Costus afer
• Costus albiflos
• Costus allenii
• Costus amazonicus
• Costus arabicus
• Costus asplundii
• Costus asteranthus
• Costus atlanticus
• Costus aureus
• Costus barbatus
• Costus beckii
• Costus bicolor
• Costus bracteatus
• Costus bullatus
• Costus chartaceus
• Costus chrysocephalus
• Costus claviger
• Costus clemensiae
• Costus comosus
• Costus cordatus
• Costus cupreifolius
• Costus curvibracteatus
• Costus dendrophilus
• Costus dinklagei
• Costus dirzoi
• Costus dubius
• Costus eburneus
• Costus erythrocoryne
• Costus erythrophyllus
• Costus erythrothyrsus
• Costus fenestralis
• Costus fissicalyx
• Costus fortalezae
• Costus gabonensis
• Costus geothyrsus
• Costus giganteus
• Costus glaucus
• Costus gracillimus
• Costus guanaiensis
• Costus juruanus
• Costus kupensis
• Costus laevis
• Costus lasius
• Costus lateriflorus
• Costus ledermannii
• Costus leucanthus
• Costus ligularis
• Costus lilaceus
• Costus lima
• Costus loangensis
• Costus longibracteolatus
• Costus louisii
• Costus lucanusianus
• Costus maboumiensis
• Costus macranthus
• Costus malortieanus
• Costus microcephalus
• Costus montanus
• Costus mosaicus
• Costus muluensis
• Costus mulus
• Costus nimba
• Costus nitidus
• Costus oblongus
• Costus oligophyllus
• Costus osae
• Costus phyllocephalus
• Costus pictus
• Costus plicatus
• Costus plowmanii
• Costus productus
• Costus pulverulentus
• Costus quasi-appendiculatus
• Costus ricus
• Costus rumphianus
• Costus scaber
• Costus schlechteri
• Costus sepacuitensis
• Costus spectabilis
• Costus spicatus
• Costus spiralis
• Costus sprucei
• Costus stenophyllus
• Costus sulfureus
• Costus talbotii
• Costus tappenbeckianus
• Costus tonkinensis
• Costus ulei
• Costus vargasii
• Costus varzearum
• Costus villosissimus
• Costus vinosus
• Costus viridis
• Costus weberbaueri
• Costus wilsonii
• Costus woodsonii
• Costus zamoranus
• Costus zingiberoides

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