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Spiral Ginger

Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.

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Costus scaber (Spiral Ginger) is a species of plants in the family Costaceae.

EOL has data for 3 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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rhizomatous plant
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0005532
- Definition: a plant having a rhizome, a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of spiral ginger. View this species on GBIF

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