Crepe ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus or Hellenia speciosa. Native to the East Indies (southeast Asia), and introduced via William Rollisson's Tooting nursery. Showy costus, Costus speciosus. Handcoloured engraving from Joseph Paxtons Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 4, Orr and Smith, London, 1837.

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Caption: Crepe ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus or Hellenia speciosa. Native to the East Indies (southeast Asia), and introduced via William Rollisson's Tooting nursery. Showy costus, Costus speciosus. Handcoloured engraving from Joseph Paxtons Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 4, Orr and Smith, London, 1837.

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