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Chamaecostus cuspidatus - Bandhukapushpa

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Chamaecostus cuspidatus, insulin plant

Chamaecostus cuspidatus, common name Fiery Costus or Spiral Flag, is a species of herbaceous plant in the Costaceae family native to eastern Brazil (States of Bahia and Espirito Santo). In India, it is known as insulin plant because of its use in Ayurvedic medicine for its purported anti-diabetic properties.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Seed contains anthraquinones,namely; (aurantio-obtusin, chryso-obtusin,obtusin, chrysoobtusin-2-O-beta-glucoside,physcion,emodin,chrysophanol,obtusifolin,obtusifolin-2-O-beta-D-glucoside, alaternin 2-O-β-Dglucopyranoside)15, brassinosteroids(brassinolide, castasterone, typhasterol,teasterone, and 28-norcastasterone), andmonoglycerides (monopalmitin andmonoolein)16. Phenolic glycosides such asrubrofusarin triglucoside, nor-rubrofusaringentiobioside, demethylflavasperone gentiobioside, torachrysone gentiobioside,torachrysone tetraglucoside and torachrysoneapioglucoside were also isolated 17[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Kemou honne
Hindi Banda, Bija-sal, Peisar, Jarul, Keukand
Malayalam Honne, Karintakara, Vengai, Venna-maram
Tamil Neyccarikamaram, Venkal-c-ciray
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Asana, Bandhukapushpa
English Avaram senna


Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
simple alternate entire, oblong, 4-8 inches long with parallel venation, spirally arranged around the stems. Large, fleshy, smooth, and dark green leaves have a light purple underside

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
unisexual 1.5 inches in diameter orange 5-20 on cone-like head at the tips of branches

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
short legume 0.5 inch Fruits are green colored, less than 0.5 inch. 12-20 seeds {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Plants reach about 3 m height with 3.5 cm stem diameter in 2 years, in 4 years about 5 m height and 7 cm stem diameter. Flowering and fruiting is almost throughout the year, but in India there are usually two main flowering periods, one in the early monsoon and another in the late monsoon.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

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