Costus lucanusianus: Difference between revisions

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Costus Lucanusianus subsp. var.

Maboso (Kikongo)

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Habit:		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	to
Width:	⇔	to
	3 m
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Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	Guinea to DR Congo
Poisonous:	☠
Bloom:	❀

Exposure:	☼	shade
Water:	◍	moist
Features:	✓	flowers, edible
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Minimum Temp:	☃	°F
USDA Zones:		to
Sunset Zones:
Flower features:	❀	purple, white

Lucanusianus

var.

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Describe the plant here... A semi woody herb with stems to 3 m high bearing a terminal inflorescence of white and purple flowers

By division.

Medicinal and useful plants collected in the Manianga District of the Republic of Zaire, by W.W. Arkinstall,Ethno - Botanique, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1979
The useful plants of West Tropical Africa. Volume 1, by H.M. Burkill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 1985. 2nd Edition. ISBN 094764301X
Plantes consommées en légume au Zaire, by Konda Ku Mbuta, Mbembe Bitengeli, Bavukinina Ngoma, Itufa Y'okolo, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1992
Inventaire et composition chimique des aliments et denrées alimentaires traditionnels du Kwango-Kwilu au Zaïre, by F. Mbemba & J. Remacle, 1992
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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 <references/>
 *[[Medicinal and useful plants collected in the Manianga District of the Republic of Zaire]], by W.W. Arkinstall,Ethno - Botanique, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1979
-*[[The useful plants of West Tropical Africa. Volume 1]], by H.M. Burkill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 1985. 2nd Edition. ISBN
+*[[The useful plants of West Tropical Africa. Volume 1]], by H.M. Burkill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 1985. 2nd Edition. ISBN 094764301X
 *[[Plantes consommées en légume au Zaire]], by Konda Ku Mbuta, Mbembe Bitengeli, Bavukinina Ngoma, Itufa Y'okolo, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1992
 *[[Inventaire et composition chimique des aliments et denrées alimentaires traditionnels du Kwango-Kwilu au Zaïre]], by  F. Mbemba & J. Remacle, 1992