Crêpe ginger (Hellenia speciosa)

Crêpe ginger, a reference photo — Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Hellenia speciosa, or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. It is a herbaceous perennial rhizomatous geophyte which is also known by Cheilocostus speciosus and other botanical names.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Crêpe ginger 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 arabicus
Costus atlanticus
Dimerocostus strobilaceus
Costus spiralis
Costus phyllocephalus

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Genus: Hellenia
Species: Hellenia speciosa

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