Curcuma petiolata

Botanical Description

Curcuma petiolata is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a pseudostem up to 1 metre tall from a short rhizome that forms a compact mass. Each pseudostem comprises several leaves, the blades of which can be 15 - 65cm long and 6 - 30cm wide[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.