Curcuma aromatica Salisb., Parad. Lond. t. 96 1808. (Syn: Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen & C.Ling; Curcuma zedoaria Roxb. [Illegitimate]); . Indian Subcontinent to S. Central China and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam; Introduced into: China Southeast, Hainan as per POWO; . Wild turmeric, Aromatic turmeric • Hindi: Jangli haldi जंगली हळी • Manipuri: লম যাঈঙাঙ Lam Yaingang • Gujarati: Zedoari • Tamil: கஸ்தூதி மஞ்ஜள் Kasturimanjal • Malayalam: Kattumanna • Telugu: Kasthuri Pasupa • Kannada: Kasthuri Arishina; .     43-TSP-ID-20APR2016-1:Curcuma sp (Zingiberaceae) for further ID : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly identify this plant. Is this Curcuma pseudomontana or Curcuma aromatica…?? Ref-1: http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=4535&cat=1 Ref-2: http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=4549&cat=1 Habit: Rhizhomatous herb. Habitat: Wild, Moist deciduous forest floor. Sighting: Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1200 msl Date:14-04-2016 Curcuma pseudomontana efi page on Curcuma pseudomontana It seems to be Curcuma aromatica. check the rhizome color and leaf. If the rhizome is ivory colored and with camphor smell and lower side of leaf is densely pubescent there is a chance of C. aromatica. Yes….I remember.The lower surface was densely pubescent. It can be see in the first image on zooming in. Further I am given to understand that C. aromatica flowers during spring and C.pseudomontana flowers during rainy season. Considering the flowering season I strongly feel that the images are that of C. aromatica. Though I did not check it up personally the local villagers say that the rhizomes are strongly scented and are used for culinary purposes.
MS April,2017/01 Curcuma sp. for ID : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Hlimen May be Curcuma aromatica? Any leaf characters? Same Curcuma for id. Attachments (4) I think the smelling of the rhizome is not same with C.aromatica. C.aromatica is like mango smell. The rhizome is bitter in taste. The smell is camphoraceous.
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Godawari, Nepal Altitude:5000 ft. Date: 22 June 2017 Nepali Name : बन हलेदो Ban Haledo / बन धाले Ban Dhaale It seems to be Curcuma aromatica.
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) – around 750 kb each. Location: Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal Altitude: 1521 m. Date: 04 June 2019 Habit : Wild May be Curcuma aromatica. Check the colour of the rhizome? Nepali Names : वन हलेदो Van Haledo / कचुर Kachur . ID Wanted : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 6 mb. I am looking to ID another plant. Found it on the slopes of Sahyadris in the monsoons (August). Curcuma sp. Where is the correct locality? It seems to be Curcuma aromatica? Need the rhizome nature and colour. This is on the hilly slopes near Suryamal in Maharashtra. It was far so I could get a closer shot. Let me see, I may have some other photos too. They were only growing on almost vertical slopes. I had a higher resolution photo and I have cropped closer to the flower. There does seem to be some yellow in it. It could be wild turmeric, but not sure.
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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight :: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) :: Curcuma aromatica from MNP :: ARKAUG-41 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Yes, seems to be C. aromatica . Identification of Curcuma sp from Arunachal Pradesh: 1 high res. image. I guess it is Curcuma longa L. check with Curcuma petiolata Did not find distribution ! Looks promising with petiolata, thanks … Will dissect the specimen to confirm. Thank you … for the assistance. https://ppbc.iplant.cn/tu/11569936 Thank you for sharing sir… images in the site u shared looked quite different though. The labellum in my specimen looks quite longer and apex bifurcated. Also the bract or bracteoles like thing is larger. Will dissect and update you sir.. Does not look like Curcuma petiolata ! Curcuma aromatica? Need more photos. Do you have any other images of it? .
Check the rhizome colour. Any flower photos? Location was difficult so it was not possible to collect rhizome. I guess flowering was over ! The plant size is taller than 2 m. Could it be Curcuma xanthorrhiza D.Dietr. ?? Curcuma xanthorrhiza has purple along the midvein running through the entire length of the dorsal surface as well as on either side of the midvein on the ventral surface. Additionally the rhizomes are yellow on the inside. I have attached a picture of both the dorsal and ventral surfaces for you to look over. Any opinion about my sp.? As I have mentioned before, the sp. is more than 2 m. tall. I am trying to get rhizomes ASAP. From the appearance of the leaves, it looks more like C.aeruginosa which only has a partial purple streak on the dorsal surface. I have not seen the flowers of zanthorrhiza so I can’t comment on that. The rhizome I believe could help since I presume it is the only one besides C.longa that has this dark yellow colouration within. I could be wrong though since I only have some experience with the peninsular curcuma. I’m not sure how dependable that article you’ve attached is. The flower pictured in it is that of a curcuma hybrid called Twister.
This years also I missed the flowers but able to measure the height of the plant and get some rhizomes. I have sent some images. Please have a look at it ! I did see the cut rhizome sections but I’m still confused. C.zanthorrhiza has an interior colour that appears similar to C.longa. This appears green to me. Could it be a problem with the software processing on the camera? Does it actually appear yellow to the eye? Color of the cut rhizome is light green, not like dark yellow in domestic Turmeric rhizomes. Can you please tell me the names of species having a height of above 2.4m. I have seen zanthorrhiza, aeruginosa and a species with green leaf devoid of the purple midvein (possibly amada or aromatica) grow to that height at higher altitudes. C. zanthorrhiza rhizomes are dark orange red in colour like that of C. longa. I have brought a rhizome and planted it at home. It is coming up.
Curcuma aromatica Salisb., only confusion is the height of the plant which is 2.44m. plus whereas it has been described as 1 m. everywhere. 23 high res. images. So, should I take it as Curcuma aromatica Salisb.? Dr. Sabu has suggested accordingly. Only confusion is the height of the plant which is 2.44m. plus whereas it has been described as 1 m. everywhere. . References: POWO |
Curcuma aromatica
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