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Costus longibracteolatus is a rhizomatous wild ginger from wet lowland forests of western South America and Guyana, grown mainly as a shade-loving tropical garden or greenhouse plant. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with steady moisture to thrive.
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.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Costus longibracteolatus 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.
