Curcuma caulina

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN)
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Curcuma caulina J. Graham, Cat. pl. Bombay 210. 1839 (Syn. (≡) Hitchenia caulina (J. Graham) Baker);
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India (Maharashtra) as per POWO;
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¿ hitch-YEN-ee-uh ? — perhaps named for Thomas Hitchen, Esquire of Norwich
¿ kaw-LEE-nuh ? — perhaps referring to the flowers borne on the stem
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commonly known as: arrowroot lily, Indian arrowroot, Mahabaleshwar arrowroot • Marathi: चवर chavar, कचर kachar, सीताचवरी sitachavari
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Endemic to: Western Ghats (of Maharashtra and Goa, India)
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Tubers of this plant are used for making edible starch.
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KAS Week DS_021012_01 Hitchenia caulina:
Indian Arrowroot at Kas — looks beautiful over widespread grassland.

Nice photographs of Indian-Arrow Root.
In most of the villages when villagers say “Aarrarrot“, i think they mean Arrow-Root. Its rich in starch.
One can spot thousands of them at “Raireshwar”.

In my mother-tongue, Konkani (Mangalore) too, we say it something like this: RRroot !!

KAS Week::(Hitchenia caulina 02/10/2012-NJ): 
Hitchenia caulina – Indian arrowroot (Chavar in Marathi)

Hitchenia caulina
Zingiberaceae
Very nice. These are in fairly large numbers. Also found in nearby areas of similar altitudes like Rayreshwar, Mahabaleshwar, etc.

is it the source of Arrowroot powder?

Nice photographs … I think the last photograph is from the stream joining Kas lake. Plants at such inaccessible locations usually survive.

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Kas week : Hitchenia caulina SMP:
Hitchenia caulina
Zingiberaceae

Kas Week: AVD: 09th Oct 2012 :Hitchenia caulina:

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Hitchenia caulina: 
Hitchenia caulina of family Zingiberaceae
Mahabeleshwar
Growing en mass at Kate’s point

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As very kindly pointed out by … I have by mistake, posted an image of Zingiber neesanum, the yellow one
they were growing next to each other and photographed at the same time and i uploaded the wrong image

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Id of flower ID24062013SH1 : Attachments (1).  5 posts by 3 authors.

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AAZ Fortnight :: Zingiberaceae :: SMP13 :: Hitchenia caulina Kas : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
Hitchenia caulina at Kas and other high altitudes Western ghats

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Very nice. have not seen it in the eastern plains

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Recently transferred to Curcuma caulina

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