Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Ethnobotanical Plant Costus spicatus

Common Name

Gengibre Cimarron

Activities

Download these results as:

CSV

XLSX

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Cancer	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Carminative	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Congestion	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diuretic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Inappetence	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Liver	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rheumatism	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.