INSULIN PLANT /SPIRAL GINGER /FIERY COSTUS/STEP IN INDIA

Package Contains  - rhizome 10 nos INSULIN PLANT /Spiral Ginger /Fiery costus/Step ladder/Spiral flag Ayurvedic Medicinal Plant Family: Costaceae (Spiral Ginger family) Botanical name: Costus pictus D. Don syn, Costus mexicanus PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Sanskrit: Mehantaki English: Spiral Ginger, Spotted Spiral Ginger, Painted Spiral Ginger Hindi:  Malayalam: Insulin Chadi, Insulinchadi MEDICINAL PROPERTIES  Painted Spiral Ginger is a perennial herb, native to Mexico. It has long narrow leaves with a characteristic wavy edges. The bases of the sheaths are mottled with markings that have earned the plant the synonym of Costus hieroglyphica. The inflorescences form both at the end of a leafy stem, and less often radically on a short nearly leafless stem. Painted Spiral Ginger can be recognized by its yellow flowers with red spots and stripes. In India it is grown