Accession Data
Costus pictus
Common Name: Insulin Plant
Family: Costaceae
Country of Origin: Mexico to C. America
Uses: The leaves of Costus pictus are used as a dietary food supplement to control diabetes by reducing insulin resistance. Further studies are required to elucidate the biochemical pathway.
Accession Data
Accession #: 201900152
Accession Date: 2019-07-10 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3314
Quantity: 1
Source: Kress Collection, SI#1994685
Provenance:
Kress# 3691 ex hort. - Florida
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 22 February, 2019.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
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