Dimerocostus is a group of flowering plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1891.

[2][3][4] It is native to Central and South America.

[1][5][6][7] Dimerocostus can be can be distinguished from Costus, Monocostus, and Chamaecostus by its two chambered ovary (rather than three chambered).

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