Curcuma aeruginosa

Botanical Description

Curcuma aeruginosa is a perennial plant producing unbranched leafy stems up to 200cm tall from a large underground rhizome that can be 16cm long and 3cm 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. , 974 Title Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants Publication Author Ahmed Fayaz Publisher Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand Year 2011 ISBN 978-1-55407-489 Description A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference. , 989 Title The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. Vol. 13 Publication Author Publisher Government Printing Office, Singapore Year 1950 ISBN Description A botanical journal, it includes a treatment of the Zingiberaceae of the Malay Peninsula. ]. The inflorescence develops from the rhizome, usually before the leaves are produced. The plant is gathered from the wild for use in traditional medicine and as a food. It is often grown in Malaysia as a medicinal plant and is also sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.