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Costus longibracteolatus
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Costus longibracteolatus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Costus. Its native range is western South America to Guyana, where it grows in forests at lower elevations. Costus longibracteolatus is known locally as Caña and Caña agria in Spanish, Sacha chiguilla in Kichwa, and Kiwácyo in Bora. It was first described by Paul Maas in 1972.
- Family
- Costaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Costus longibracteolatus
- Slug
- costus-longibracteolatus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Costus
- Species
- longibracteolatus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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