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Indian Head Ginger

Costus scaber

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

large herbaceous plant

Habitat:

tropical rainforest, amazon

Notes:

I spotted this at Salto del Golondrino, near Mocoa.

Species ID Suggestions

Indian head ginger

Costus scaber
celestialprincess101
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Comments (2)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Ratih, I think celestialprincess has it.
Ratih Perwita S
I ever know these plant in my home area. It's called as pakan ulo. but i dont know exactly.

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PublishedJune 23, 2013

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