Guruji Plantation Insulin Plant Garden Live Plant Nursery Outdoor Living Plant (Green)

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It is a perennial, upright, spreading plant reaching about two feet tall, with spirally arranged leaves and attractive flowers. In southern India, it usually grows as an ornamental plant and its leaves are used as a dietary supplement in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Insulin also known by its other names, Spiral flag, Step ladder and Fairy costus is a tropical flowering, Perennial and Evergreen plant which is widely grown all over the world for ornamental and medicinal purpose. The plant is native to Brazil. From there, it is now spread and cultivated globally mainly in South East Asia. The scientific name of Insulin Plant is Costus Igneus and it belongs to the family, Costaceae. This plant bears beautiful looking flowers in different colours, So It is widely preferred to grow in garden, indoors and in hanging baskets. This plant has great horticultural importance. If we talk about the morphology of Insulin Plant, It is herbaceous growing up to the height of 60 cm . The leaves are large, fleshy and dark green in colour with purple shades in lower side.The leaves arise spirally from the stem, So called as step ladder. Insulin Plant produce different colours of flowers like Red, Orange (mainly), Yellow. The flower are cone-shaped arising from the tip of the branches. We have attached the images of different colours flower of this plant, You can look them and know them which can help you to different it from fake insulin Plant. The fruit of this plant are small and grain. It can be grown from both cutting and seeds. Sometimes, Birds eat the fruit and drop the seeds in wild.