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[[File:IMG 2256-Chamaecostus cuspidatus.jpg|thumb|right|''Chamaecostus cuspidatus'', ''insulin 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=={{Uses|Diabetes}}.

== Description Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Leaves}}.

Chamaecostus cuspidatus has large fleshy looking leaves. The undersides of these large==Chemical Composition==Leaves are rich in protein, iron, ad antioxidant components such as ascorbic acid, a-tocopherol, smoothß-carotene, dark green leaves have light purple shade. The leaves are spirally arranged around the stemterpenoids, forming attractivesteroids, arching clumps arising from underground rootstocks. The maximum height of these plants is about two feet. The flowers are orange in color and are 1.5 in (3.8 cm) in diameter. Flowering occurs during the warm months. And they appear to be cone-like heads at the tips of branchesflavonoids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

The dried leaves are used in Ayurvedic medicine==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Kempu honne|ml=Honne, Karintakara, Vengai, Venna-maram|sa=Bandhukapushpa|ta=Neyccarikamaram, Venkal|te=|hi=Banda, Bija-sal, Peisar, Jarul, Keukand|en=Fiery costus, spiral flag}}.

==Common nameHabit=={{Habit|Sub terrestrial plant}}

* '''English''' - Banaba==Identification==* '''Kannada''' - ಕೆಂಪು ಹೊನ್ನೆ===Leaf===* '''Hindi''' {{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Entire, oblong, 4- Banda8 inches long with parallel venation, spirally arranged around the stems.}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>

== External Links =Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|1.5 inches in diameter|Orange|5-20|On cone-like head at the tips of branches}}

*[https://en===Fruit==={{Fruit|Short legume|0.wikipedia5 inch||Fruits are green colored, less than 0.org/wiki/Chamaecostus_cuspidatus Chamaecostus cuspidatus5 inch.|12-wikipedia]20 seeds}}