STEEM PLANTS CONTEST. Week # 20. By @loice-jane

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**COSTUS SPICATUS **

Costus spicatus, also known as spiked spiralflag ginger or Indian head ginger, is a species of herbaceous plant in the Costaceae family.
They can be reproduced by root or rhizome division – like all gingers, or they can be grown from stem cuttings in the warm weather.

COSTUS SPICATUS is said that it boost one's health due to its medicinal value. You can eat it whole, ground, cooked or raw. Ginger is a spicy root that has proven to be an effective natural remedy for some common diseases.

Ginger tea can have powerful effect on kidney functions. It's been said that it increase the body's natural antioxidants in the kidneys, lower renal inflammation, help remove toxins from the kidneys, reduce fibrosis in kidneys and help create healthier kidney tissues.

COLEUS

Coleus is a genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent, sometimes with a fleshy or tuberous rootstock, found in the Old World tropics and subtropics. The relationship among the genera Coleus, Solenostemon and Plectranthus has been confused.

Coleus and Solenostemon were sunk into Plectranthus, but recent phylogenetic analysis found Plectranthus to be paraphyletic with respect to other related genera in the subtribe Plectranthinae. The most recent taxonomic treatment of the genus resurrected Coleus, and 212 names were changed from combinations in Plectranthus, Pycnostachys and Anisochilus. Equilabium was segregated from Plectranthus, after phylogenetic studies supported its recognition as a phylogenetically distinct genus.

IPOMOEA OBSCURA

Ipomoea obscura, the obscure morning glory or small white morning glory, is a species of the genus Ipomoea. It is native to parts of Africa, Asia, and certain Pacific Islands, and it is present in other areas as an introduced species.
It is said that the seed of this plant is toxic if ingested; however, the leaves can be cooked and eaten.

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