Red Button Ginger

Description:

Costus woodsonii Maas (Costaceae) is an easy growing perennial herb that is a prolific bloomer year-round in warmer regions growing up to 12 ft. / 3.7 m tall. It is named Red Button Ginger because of its lovely flower head that comes forth as a luscious red button; the yellow flowers that emerge from the red cones are edible. The leaves are glossy, dark green, hairless, spirally arranged, drooping, and elliptic to egg-shaped. The cane-like stems emerge from underground rhizomes and are erect to leaning.

Habitat:

Found in a hot spring resort area in Calamba, Laguna. Distribution: Native to Central and South America. It has been introduced, cultivated and made locally naturalized ornamental garden plant in other tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Notes:

Reference: http://wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/1408... https://www.rareflora.com/costuswood.htm... http://www.jaycjayc.com/costus-woodsonii...