Costus villosissimus

Costus villosissimus: Jacq.

Canagria (C,P); Cana de mico (P) . The plant is used in the Choco to clean china and to wash white clothes (!). In Darien, it is used to clean fingernails (!). The yellowish, transparant sap is used for fevers, e.g., typhoid and venereal diseases. Sap from the center of young stems is laxative and good for quenching the thirst(!). It is mixed with rubber to treat waterproff bags by the Darien Choco (!). Primitive goldsmiths in the Choco use the plant for furbishing gold ornaments in the last stages of the crucible.

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COSTUS VILLOSISSIMUS JACQ. - КОСТУС МОХНАТЫЙ, КАНАГРИЯ — см. 221. Многолетнее растение. С. villosissimus Jacq. К. мохнатый, Канагрия Fragm. (1800 1809) 55, Т. 80. Arbelaez (1947) 161, f. S у n. Costus septimus Roem. et Schult.; C. spicatus (Jacq.) Swartz var. pubescens Griseb. M е с т н. н а з в.… … Справочник растений
Costus villosissimus — ID 21850 Symbol Key COVI17 Common Name spiral flag Family Costaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Cultivated, or not in the U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A … USDA Plant Characteristics
Costus villosissimus Jacq. — Symbol COVI17 Common Name spiral flag Botanical Family Costaceae … Scientific plant list
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