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Curcuma aeruginosa
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Family:
ZINGIBERACEAE
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Citation: Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 335. 1810; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:212.1890; Sabu, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India 132. 2006; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 683. 2009.
Curcuma caesia auct. non Roxb; Mangaly & Sabu, Rheedea 3: 147. 1993.
Curcuma malabarica Velayu. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 14:189. 1990.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karimanjal, Neelakua
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Description:
Rhizomatous herbs, leffy stem 70-100 cm high; sheaths green; rhizome, 5-6 x 9-10 cm, bluish; roots fleshy; root tubers many, ovate-oblong, ceamy. Leaves distichous, 30-40 x 10-12 cm, oblong-lanceolate, tip acute, base acuminate, glabrous purple or reddish-brown patch along the sides of the distal half of the mid rib; petiole as long as lamina. Inflorescence lateral, 25-30 cm long, peduncle 12-18 cm; spike 12-15 x 5 cm; coma bracts, pink to violet; fertile bracts 18-20, 4.5-5 x 4.4-5 cm lower half fused, tip rounded, green with a pink tip, flowers 8-10 per bracts; bracteoles 3.5 x 2.5 cm, white with a median light green patch. Flowers 4.5-5 cm, equal to or slightly shorter than the bracts. Calyx 1 cm, truncate, 3-lobed at apex, split on one side. Corolla tube 3-3.3 cm long, pink, lobes unequal; dorsal lobes 1.5 x 1.2 cm, concave; lateral lobes 1.5 x 1 cm, tip rounded, pink. Labellum 1.5-1.7 x 1.8 cm tip emarginated, yellow with a deep yellow median band. Lateral staminodes 1.5 x 1 cm, yellow. Anther 7 mm, without crest, spurred at base, spurs 3mm long, divergent. Epigynous glands two, 5 mm long, linear, yellowish green. Ovary 5 mm, long; style filiform; stigma bilipped, slightly exserted above the anther lobes.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kozhikkode, Kannur, Wayanad, Thrissur, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Coastal areas and riverine alluvial soil
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chalakkudy, Pavaratty, Pavaratty, Manantody, Kizhuthali, Nallalam, Parappanangadi,
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