Costus zamoranus is an endangered species of plant native to Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador. As of 2015 there were estimated to be 200 plants still growing wild in Ecuador, though the remaining forest habitat is threatened by farming, livestock and logging.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Costus zamoranus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Costus longibracteolatus
- Costus claviger
- Costus lima
- Costus laevis
- Costus stenophyllus
- Hornstedtia scottiana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Zingiberales
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Costus
- Species
- Costus zamoranus
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