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Costus scaber
Indian head ginger
As recorded: Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Zingiberales › Costaceae
- Collected by
- OED; Frohlich, D.; Lau, A.D. Frohlich →A. Lau →
- Collector number
- 2010033102
- Date
- March 31, 2010
- Locality
- Kapaa Homesteads, off Kahuna Road
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 22.1039, -159.3640
- Identified by
- OED
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On March 31, 2010, OED; Frohlich, D.; Lau, A. also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Costus scaber observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 2010. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-05-27.
2025-05-27
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) kfortmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-05-23
Kauaʻi, Kilauea, HI, US
(c) blueberrybird, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Costus scaber. BISH 745407. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956251705. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/745407.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956251705 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026