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Curcuma aromatica
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Family:
ZINGIBERACEAE
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Citation: Curcuma aromatica Salisb., Parad. Lond. t.96.1807; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:216.1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1483(1036). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 286. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 405. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 378. 1985; Sabu, Taxonomic Phylogenetic Stud. Zingiberac. 209. 1991; Mangaly & Sabu, Rheedea 3: 145. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 473. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 447. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 342. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 709. 2002; Sabu, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India 141. 2006; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 685. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 862. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kasthurimanjal, Kattumanjal, Kattumannar, Pullakizhangu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Wild turmeric, Cochin turmeric, Yellow zedoary
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Description:
Pseudostem with leaves 90-120 cm high; rhizome orange yellow inside. Leaves to 65 x 20 cm, elliptic, acute at either ends; petiole to 30 cm long; ligule membranous, obtuse. Spike 15-17 x 7 cm; crown purplish blue; bracts 4 x 3 cm, orbicular or obovate, yellowish green, tomentose. Flowers brownish-yellow; calyx 1.5 cm long, lobes obtuse, corolla lobes 1.2 x 0.8 cm, glabrous, brownish; anthers 4 mm long; tail 3.5 mm long, divaricating; lip yellowish, 1.5 x 1.5 cm, shallowly 3-lobed; midlobe emarginate; lateral staminode 1.2 x 1 cm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Wayanad, Thrissur, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated as well as growing wild in degraded forests and plantations
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and China
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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):
Yellow
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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:
500-750
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Localities:
Cheriyakanam, Pooppara, NBPGR Campus, Valiyaparathode, Chandanathode, Nileswar, Nileswar, Pathanapuram, Attayar
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