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Costus erythrophyllus is a tropical rhizomatous perennial in the ginger-relative family Costaceae, grown for its dark green leaves with purple undersides. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with consistently moist soil.
Costus erythrophyllus is species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. It is a tropical rhizomatous perennial plant native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil. It was first described in 1929. The most common form in cultivation grows to about 1 meter in height, with waxy leaves that are dark green on top, and deep purple underneath. In Huambisa, Costus erythrophyllus is known as untuntu.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Costus erythrophyllus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
