Costus amazonicus
(Loes.) J. F. Macbr.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Stem - water
Water from the stem is consumed.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A herb. It has a rhizome or underground stem. The plant grows 1.5 m long. The leaves are dark green above and pale underneath. The flowers are pale yellow and red inside with green bracts.
Names & Synonyms
Boita, Iwajyu
Costis malortieanus var. amazonicus Loes.
References (3)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 265 (subsp. krukovii)
- Kew Plants of the World On line
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 294
